VUV-UV absorption spectroscopy of DNA and UV screens suggests strategies for UV resistance during evolution and space travel

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6694, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Zalar, Andreja ^a   Tepfer, David ^a   Hoffmann, Søren V ^b   Kollmann, Albert ^a   Leach, Sydney ^c  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; Origin of life; Panspermia; Plant seeds; Space travel; UV resistance; UV screens; VUV UV absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACIDS; EARTH (PLANET); IRRADIATION; NUCLEOTIDES;

ORIGIN OF LIFE; PLANT SEEDS; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SPACE TRAVEL;

DNA;

EID: 42149177311     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.733699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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