A new pathway to aspartic acid from urea and maleic acid affected by ultraviolet light

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-98

  Terasaki, Masanori ^a   Nomoto, Shinya ^a   Mita, Hajime ^a   Shimoyama, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical evolution; Maleic acid; N carbamoylaspartic acid; Urea; UV light

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EARLY EARTH; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; UREA;

ASPARTIC ACID; BIOGENESIS; MALEATES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UREA;

ASPARTIC ACID; MALEIC ACID; MALEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UREA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0035997504     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016067303182     Document Type: Article

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