The PROCESS experiment: Exposure of amino acids in the EXPOSE-E experiment on the international space station and in laboratory simulations

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 426-435

  Bertrand, M ^a   Chabin, A ^a   Brack, A ^a   Cottin, H ^b   Chaput, D ^c   Westall, F ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^c Centre National d'Itudes Spatiales   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; MICROCLIMATE; SPACE FLIGHT;

AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; METEOROIDS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84861999720     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0755     Document Type: Article

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