Survival of plant seeds, their UV Screens, and nptII DNA for 18 months outside the international space station

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 517-528

  Tepfer, David ^a   Zalar, Andreja ^b   Leach, Sydney ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; PLANT DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; COSMIC RADIATION; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT SEED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPACE FLIGHT; TOBACCO; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; COSMIC RADIATION; DNA, PLANT; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FLAVONOIDS; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; MARS; SEEDS; SPACE FLIGHT; TOBACCO; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARABIDOPSIS WASSILEWSKIJA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84862027816     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0744     Document Type: Article

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