Classification of modern and old río tinto sedimentary deposits through the biomolecular record using a life marker biochip: Implications for detecting life on mars

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-44

  Parro, Victor ^a   Fernández Remolar, David ^a   Rodríguez Manfredi, José A ^a   Cruz Gil, Patricia ^a   Rivas, Luis A ^a   Ruiz Bermejo, Marta ^a   Moreno Paz, Mercedes ^a   García Villadangos, Miriam ^a   Gómez Ortiz, David ^b   Blanco López, Yolanda ^a   Menor Salván, César ^a   Prieto Ballesteros, Olga ^a   Gómez Elvira, Javier ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibody microarray; detector chip; Life; Mars; R o Tinto; Sedimentary record; SOLID instrument

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE; MINERAL; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEDIMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARS; MINERALS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79952030497     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0510     Document Type: Article

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