Terahertz circular dichroism spectroscopy: A potential approach to the in situ detection of life's metabolic and genetic machinery

Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 489-504

  Xu, Jing ^a   Ramian, Gerald J ^a   Galan, Jhenny F ^b   Savvidis, Pavlos G ^a   Scopatz, Anthony Michael ^a   Birge, Robert R ^b   Allen, S James ^a   Plaxco, Kevin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Circular dichroism; DNA; FAR Infrared; Proteins; Spectroscopy; Submillimeter; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENETICS; LIFE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE;

BIOGENESIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; LIFE; METABOLISM;

EID: 3843144142     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110703322610609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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