Photochemical processing of amino acids in Earth orbit

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 391-398

  Barbier, Bernard ^a   Chabin, Annie ^a   Chaput, Didier ^b   Brack, André ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

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EID: 0001682759     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(97)00150-5     Document Type: Article

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