Nanopore-based instruments as biosensors for future planetary missions

Astrobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 344-351

  Rezzonico, Fabio ^a  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Biopolymers; Biosignatures; Life detection; Nucleic acids

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ASTROBIOLOGY; DEVICES; GENETIC PROCEDURES; NANOPORE;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; EXOBIOLOGY; NANOPORES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 84898874162     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2013.1120     Document Type: Article

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