A role for iron and oxygen chemistry in preserving soft tissues, cells and molecules from deep time

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1775, 2013, Pages

  Schweitzer, Mary H ^a,b   Zheng, Wenxia ^a   Cleland, Timothy P ^a,g   Goodwin, Mark B ^c   Boatman, Elizabeth ^d,h   Theil, Elizabeth ^a,e   Marcus, Matthew A ^f   Fakra, Sirine C ^f  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h AAAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fenton chemistry; Goethite; Haemoglobin; Iron; Protein cross linking; Soft tissue preservation

Indexed keywords

BONE; DEGRADATION; FOSSIL RECORD; GOETHITE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MESOZOIC; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION;

DINOSAURIA; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 84888389027     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2741     Document Type: Article

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