Biota and Biomolecules in Extreme Environments on Earth: Implications for Life Detection on Mars

The three main requirements for life as we know it are the presence of organic compounds, liquid water, and free energy. Several groups of organic compounds (e.g., amino acids, nucleobases, lipids) occur in all life forms on Earth and are used as diagnostic molecules, i.e., biomarkers, for the chara...

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Autores principales: Aerts, Joost W., Röling, Wilfred F.M., Elsaesser, Andreas, Ehrenfreund, Pascale
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4284457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25370528
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life4040535

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4284457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25370528
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life4040535

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