Ultraviolet radiation, evolution and the π-electron system

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 449-457

  Cockell, Charles S ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatics; Cyanobacteria; Electron; Irradiation; Nucleic acids; Organic chemistry; Ozone; UV pigments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031970060     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0201     Document Type: Article

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