Plant molecular biology in the space station era: Utilization of KSC fixation tubes with RNAlater

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 623-628

  Paul, Anna Lisa ^a   Levine, Howard G ^a,b   McLamb, William ^a,c   Norwood, Kelly L ^a,c   Reed, David ^a,c   Stutte, Gary W ^a,b   Wells, H William ^a,c   Ferl, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ORBITAL LABORATORIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; SPACE FLIGHT; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS); GROUND-BASED ANALYSIS; KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FIXATION TUBE (KFT); PLANT MATERIALS;

SPACE STATIONS;

FIXATIVE; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM FUNDAMENTAL SPACE BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PLANT; RNA STABILITY; SPACE FLIGHT; TISSUE PRESERVATION; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WHEAT;

NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM FUNDAMENTAL SPACE BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOREACTORS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FIXATIVES; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, PLANT; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRITICUM; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 13444266000     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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