A radical pathway for organic phosphorylation during schreibersite corrosion with implications for the origin of life

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1721-1736

  Pasek, Matthew A ^a   Dworkin, Jason P ^b   Lauretta, Dante S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IRON METEORITE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MURCHISON METEORITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHOSPHOLIPID; RNA;

EID: 33947182407     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.12.018     Document Type: Article

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