About the Authors
- Oana Marcu
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Affiliations Space Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, United States of America, Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, Mountain View, California, United States of America
- Matthew P. Lera
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Affiliations Space Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, United States of America, Lockheed Martin Exploration & Science, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, United States of America
- Max E. Sanchez
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Current address: Department of Biological Research, Microfluidic Systems, Fremont, California, United States of America
Affiliation Lockheed Martin Exploration & Science, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, United States of America
- Edina Levic
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Current address: Department of Biological Research, Microfluidic Systems, Fremont, California, United States of America
Affiliation Space Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, United States of America
- Laura A. Higgins
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Current address: JMP Business Unit, SAS Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Affiliation Space Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, United States of America
- Alena Shmygelska
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Affiliations Space Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, United States of America, Silicon Valley Campus of Carnegie Mellon University, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, United States of America
- Thomas F. Fahlen
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Current address: Advanced Technology, The Clorox Company, Pleasanton, California, United States of America
Affiliation Lockheed Martin Exploration & Science, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, United States of America
- Helen Nichol
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Sharmila Bhattacharya
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* E-mail: sharmila.bhattacharya@nasa.gov
Affiliation Space Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SB MES TFF OM. Performed the experiments: OM MPL MES EL LAH SB. Analyzed the data: OM MPL MES LAH AS HN SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB OM LAH AS. Wrote the paper: OM MPL AS HN SB. Obtained permission for use of transgenic line: MES SB.