Resistance of the anhydrobiotic eutardigrade Paramacrobiotus richtersi to space flight (LIFE-TARSE mission on FOTON-M3)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages 98-103

  Rebecchi, Lorena ^a   Altiero, Tiziana ^a   Cesari, Michele ^a   Bertolani, Roberto ^a   Rizzo, Angela M ^b   Corsetto, Paola A ^b   Guidetti, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; DNA; Hsps; Space flight; Survival; Tardigrades

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HYDRATION; INVERTEBRATE; MICROCOSM; SPACECRAFT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 79955043234     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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