Comparative analysis of Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans gene expression experiments in the European Soyuz flights to the International Space Station

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 506-512

  Leandro, L J ^a   Szewczyk, N J ^b,c   Benguria A ^d   Herranz, R ^a   Lavan D ^a   Medina, F J ^e   Gasset, G ^f   van Loon, J ^g   Conley, C A ^b   Marco, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^g VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Drosophila melanogaster; Dutch Delta mission; European Soyuz missions; Gene expression patterns; International Space Station; Microarrays; Microgravity; Spanish Cervantes mission

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROARRAYS; MICROGRAVITY; RNA; SPACE STATIONS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DUTCH DELTA MISSION; EUROPEAN SOYUZ MISSIONS; GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; SPANISH CERVANTES MISSION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

EID: 34547498438     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.05.070     Document Type: Article

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