Racemic amino acids from the ultraviolet photolysis of interstellar ice analogues

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6879, 2002, Pages 401-403

  Bernstein, Max P ^a,b   Dworkin, Jason P ^a,b   Sandford, Scott A ^b   Cooper, George W ^b   Allamandola, Louis J ^b  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; ICE; METEORITES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION; WATER;

MOLECULAR CLOUDS;

AMINO ACIDS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; DEUTERIUM; GLYCINE; ICE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID; ICE; METEORITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PARENT BODY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; ENANTIOMER; EVOLUTION; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS; BIOGENESIS; GLYCINE; ICE; METEOROIDS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SERINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0037187634     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/416401a     Document Type: Letter

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