Phosphorus in prebiotic chemistry

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1474, 2006, Pages 1743-1749

  Schwartz, Alan W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Prebiotic phosphorylation; Primitive Earth; Reducing conditions; Sources of phosphate; Volcanic lightning

Indexed keywords

EARLY EARTH; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 33750079903     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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