APEX-04 SpaceX-10
APEX is Advanced Plant Experiments on Orbit which is a series of investigations which focus on fundamental plant biology.
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Ferl, Robert
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Cell Signaling in Unidifferentiated Cells - Perceiving the Spaceflight Environment without Specialized Tissues
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Paul, Anna-Lisa↗
Transgenic Arabidopsis Gene Expression System
The Transgenic Arabidopsis Gene Expression System (TAGES) investigation is one in a pair of investigations that use the Advanced Biological Research System (ABRS) facility. TAGES uses Arabidopsis thaliana, thale cress, with sensor promoter-reporter gene constructs that render the plants as biomonitors (an organism used to determine the quality of the surrounding environment) of their environment using real-time nondestructive Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) imagery and traditional postflight analyses.
Ferl, Robert↗
Plants in space
Virtually all scenarios for the long-term habitation of spacecraft and other extraterrestrial structures involve plants as important parts of the contained environment that would support humans. Recent experiments have identified several effects of spaceflight on plants that will need to be more fully understood before plant-based life support can become a reality. The International Space Station (ISS) is the focus for the newest phase of space-based research, which should solve some of the mysteries of how spaceflight affects plant growth. Research carried out on the ISS and in the proposed terrestrial facility for Advanced Life Support testing will bring the requirements for establishing extraterrestrial plant-based life support systems into clearer focus.
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