Peptide bond formation in gas-phase ion/molecule reactions of amino acids: A novel proposal for the synthesis of prebiotic oligopeptides

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 135-140

  Wincel, H ^a   Fokkens, R H ^b   Nibbering, N M M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; EARTH (PLANET); GASES; IONS; PEPTIDES; PROTONATION;

AMINO-ACIDS; EARLY EARTH; GAS PHASE IONS; INTERSTELLAR SPACE; ION MOLECULE/REACTION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE BOND FORMATION; PREBIOTIC MOLECULES; PREBIOTICS;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 0033973923     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0231(20000215)14:3<135::AID-RCM851>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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