DNA damage under simulated extraterrestrial conditions in bacteriophage T7

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 303-310

  Fekete, A ^a   Modos K ^a   Hegedus M ^a   Kovacs G ^b   Ronto Gy ^b   Peter A ^c   Lammer, H ^d   Panitz, C ^e  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Bacteriophage; DNA damage; DNA thin film; Phage thin layer; Solar UV radiation; Space vacuum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA; ENZYMES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE STATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASTROBIOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA THIN FILMS; PHAGE THIN LAYERS; SOLAR UV RADIATION; SPACE VACUUM;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 27644513257     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.06.076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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