Porphyrin as an ideal biomarker in the search extraterrestrial life

Astrobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 605-615

  Suo, Zhiyong ^a   Avci, Recep ^a   Schweitzer, Mary Higby ^b,c   Deliorman, Muhammedin ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Heme; Porphyrin; Tetrapyrrole; ToFSIMS

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMIN; PORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EXOBIOLOGY; HEMIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANETS; PORPHYRINS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 34848829137     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.0120     Document Type: Article

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