DNA sequence-based comparative studies between non-extremophile and extremophile organisms with implications in exobiology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7097, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Holden, Todd ^a   Marchese, P ^a   Tremberger Jr , G ^a   Cheung, E ^a   Subramaniam, R ^a   Sullivan, R ^a   Schneider, P ^a   Flamholz, A ^a   Lieberman, D ^a   Cheung, T ^a  

^a QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entremophile; Entropy; Exobiology; Fractal; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTALS; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC ACIDS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCES; ENTREMOPHILE; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIVES; EXTREME CONDITIONS; EXTREMOPHILE; FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SHORT TERMS;

ASTROBIOLOGY;

EID: 55549141511     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.801269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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