Interstellar grains as amino acid factories and the origin of life

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-41

  Sorrell, Wilfred H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 0001829805     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000532304150     Document Type: Article

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