Pyrolytic Behavior of Amino Acids and Nucleic Acid Bases: Implications for Their Survival during Extraterrestrial Delivery

Icarus

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-278

  Basiuk, Vladimir A ^a   Navarro González, Rafael ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000284189     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5950     Document Type: Article

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