α-hydroxy and α-amino acids under possible hadean, volcanic origin-of-life conditions

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5799, 2006, Pages 630-632

  Huber, Claudia ^a   Wächtershäuser, Günter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; VOLCANOES;

BIO-ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON SOURCES; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC ORIGIN; HYDROTHERMAL SETTING;

AMINO ACIDS;

2 HYDROXYACID; ALPHA AMINO ACID; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; IRON; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFIDE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGENESIS; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON SOURCE; CATALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HADEAN; HYDROLOGY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANO;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGENESIS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CYANIDES; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; HEAT; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXY ACIDS; IRON; LIGANDS; NICKEL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PRECIPITATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER;

EID: 33750443637     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1130895     Document Type: Article

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