Mutagenesis in bacterial spores exposed to space and simulated martian conditions: Data from the EXPOSE-E spaceflight Experiment PROTECT

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 457-468

  Moeller, Ralf ^a   Reitz, Günther ^a   Wayne, L ^b   Horneck, Gerda ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARR 2 PROTEIN, BACTERIA; ARR-2 PROTEIN, BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIAL SPORE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SIMULATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84862021105     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0739     Document Type: Article

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