Impact of two DNA repair pathways, homologous recombination and non-homologous end joining, on bacterial spore inactivation under simulated martian environmental conditions

Icarus

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 204-210

  Moeller, Ralf ^a   Schuerger, Andrew C ^b   Reitz, Günther ^a   Nicholson, Wayne L ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Exobiology; Mars, Climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052025536     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.06.035     Document Type: Article

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