Non-racemic amino acids in the Murray and Murchison meteorites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-338

  Pizzarello, S ^a   Cronin, J R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; METEORITE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEREOISOMERISM;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MARS; METEOROIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0034101012     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00280-X     Document Type: Article

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