Prebiotic organization of fatty acids and amino acids in the interface zone between the hydro and lithosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-99

  Matsuno, Koichiro ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Fatty acids; Hydrothermal environments

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIPIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; OLIGOMERS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYDROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; PREBIOTIC ORGANIZATION;

FATTY ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; CHEMICAL REACTION; EARLY EARTH; FATTY ACID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 1842451632     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.07.017     Document Type: Article

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