Microaerobic steroid biosynthesis and the molecular fossil record of Archean life

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 13409-13414

  Waldbauer, Jacob R ^a,b   Newman, Dianne K ^a,c   Summons, Roger E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Hypoxia; Ocean; Photosynthesis; Sterols

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; LANOSTEROL; OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; FOSSIL; MOLECULAR FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEA; STEROIDOGENESIS;

AEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; OXYGEN; STEROIDS;

EID: 80051997257     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104160108     Document Type: Article

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