Application of the Mars Organic Analyzer to nucleobase and amine biomarker detection

Astrobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 824-837

  Skelley, Alison M ^a,c   Cleaves, H James ^b   Jayarajah, Christine N ^a   Bada, Jeffrey L ^b   Mathies, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial biomarkers; Capillary electrophoresis; Lab on a chip; Microfabrication; Nucleobase detection; Prebiotic synthesis

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMINE; AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOSINE; FLUORESCAMINE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROLYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROCHIP ELECTROPHORESIS; PH;

ADENINE; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOSINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, MICROCHIP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCAMINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; MARS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33846101419     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.6.824     Document Type: Article

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