The 1953 Stanley L. Miller Experiment: Fifty Years of Prebiotic Organic Chemistry

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-242

  Lazcano, Antonio ^a   Bada, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

electric discharges; prebiotic chemistry; reducing atmosphere; Streckersynthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; HISTORY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY;

EID: 0141905852     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: 15730875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024807125069     Document Type: Article

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