Radiation resistance of sequencing chips for in situ life detection

Astrobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 560-569

  Carr, Christopher E ^a,b,c   Rowedder, Holli ^b,c   Lui, Clarissa S ^a,b,c   Zlatkovsky, Ilya ^d   Papalias, Chris W ^d   Bolander, Jarie ^d   Myers, Jason W ^d   Bustillo, James ^d   Rothberg, Jonathan M ^d   Zuber, Maria T ^a   Ruvkun, Gary ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Life Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; LIFE; RADIATION DOSE;

LIFE; MARS; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 84879330127     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2012.0923     Document Type: Article

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