Prebiotic formation of polyamino acids in molten urea

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-154

  Mita, H ^a   Nomoto, S ^a   Terasaki, M ^a,b   Shimoyama, A ^a,b   Yamamoto, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

alkylamino acids; aspartic acid; LC MS; molten urea; polyamino acid; prebiotic formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745029641     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550405002545     Document Type: Article

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