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New method for estimating bacterial cell abundances in natural samples by use of sublimationDaniel P Glavin
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20071, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:5923-8. 2004..coli cell equivalents per gram. For most of these samples, the sublimation-based cell counts were in agreement with total bacterial counts obtained by traditional DAPI (4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole) staining...
Enrichment of the amino acid L-isovaline by aqueous alteration on CI and CM meteorite parent bodiesDaniel P Glavin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:5487-92. 2009....
Understanding prebiotic chemistry through the analysis of extraterrestrial amino acids and nucleobases in meteoritesAaron S Burton
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Chem Soc Rev 41:5459-72. 2012..Finally, we will address the future of meteorite research, including asteroid sample return missions...
Carbonaceous meteorites contain a wide range of extraterrestrial nucleobasesMichael P Callahan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center and The Goddard Center for Astrobiology, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:13995-8. 2011..The discovery of new nucleobase analogs in meteorites also expands the prebiotic molecular inventory available for constructing the first genetic molecules...
Organics captured from comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust spacecraftScott A Sandford
Astrophysics Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
Science 314:1720-4. 2006..Although the variable extent of modification of these materials by impact capture is not yet fully constrained, a diverse suite of organic compounds is present and identifiable within the returned samples...
The Urey instrument: an advanced in situ organic and oxidant detector for Mars explorationAndrew D Aubrey
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
Astrobiology 8:583-95. 2008..quot; This instrument is named in honor of Harold Urey for his seminal contributions to the fields of cosmochemistry and the origin of life...
Distribution and stable isotopic composition of amino acids from fungal peptaibiotics: assessing the potential for meteoritic contaminationJamie E Elsila
Goddard Center for Astrobiology and Solar System Exploration Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
Astrobiology 11:123-33. 2011..We also identify potentially diagnostic relationships between the stable isotopic compositions of pairs of amino acids from the fungal peptides that may aid in ruling out fungal contamination as a source of meteoritic amino acids...
Relative amino acid concentrations as a signature for parent body processes of carbonaceous chondritesOliver Botta
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Orig Life Evol Biosph 32:143-63. 2002..In contrast to CMs, the data from the CI carbonaceous chondrites indicate that the Strecker synthesis was not active on their parent bodies...
Direct isolation of purines and pyrimidines from nucleic acids using sublimationDaniel P Glavin
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
Anal Chem 74:6408-12. 2002..These results demonstrate the feasibility of using sublimation to isolate purines and pyrimidines from native E. coli DNA and RNA without any chemical treatment of the cells...
