Amino acids from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogues

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6879, 2002, Pages 403-406

  Munnoz Caro G M ^a   Melerhenrich, U J ^b,c   Schutte, W A ^a   Barbier, B ^b   Arcones Segovia, A ^a   Rosenbauer, H ^d   Thiemann, W H P ^c   Brack, A ^b   Greenberg, J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; ICE; IRRADIATION; METEORITES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LIVING ORGANISMS;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; ICE;

AMINO ACID; ICE; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; DUST; EVOLUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VACUUM;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGENESIS; COSMIC DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ICE; METEOROIDS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0037187544     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/416403a     Document Type: Article

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