The German ISS-experiment Cellular Responses to Radiation in Space (CERASP): The effects of single and combined space flight conditions on mammalian cells

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1011-1018

  Hellweg, C E ^a   Thelen, M ^a   Arenz, A ^a   Baumstark Khan, C ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta radiation; Gene expression; Green fluorescent protein; Ionizing radiation; Mammalian cells; NF kappaB; Promethium 147; Space; Survival

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MAMMALS; MICROGRAVITY; PROTEINS;

BETA RADIATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MAMMALIAN CELLS; PROMETHIUM-147;

CELLS;

EID: 34249728257     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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