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Survival of Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Fungi in Simulated Martian Conditions On Board the International Space Station

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Survival of Rock-Colonizing Organisms After 1.5 Years in Outer Space

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(2012) A. Kunwar et al.   TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY

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(2011) Charles E. Turick et al.   BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY

Resistance to UV-B induced DNA damage in extreme-tolerant cryptoendolithic Antarctic fungi: detection by PCR assays

(2011) Laura Selbmann et al.   Fungal Biology

The effects of gamma radiation, UV and visible light on ATP levels in yeast cells depend on cellular melanization

(2011) Ruth Bryan et al.   Fungal Biology

Protection of Melanized Cryptococcus neoformans from Lethal Dose Gamma Irradiation Involves Changes in Melanin's Chemical Structure and Paramagnetism

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(2011) Robert D. Stewart et al.   RADIATION RESEARCH

Melanin-Covered Nanoparticles for Protection of Bone Marrow During Radiation Therapy of Cancer

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Resistance of Antarctic black fungi and cryptoendolithic communities to simulated space and Martian conditions

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A new perspective on radiation resistance based on Deinococcus radiodurans

(2009) Michael J. Daly   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

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Mechanisms of Rad52-Independent Spontaneous and UV-Induced Mitotic Recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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