Comments in a discussion: Differential rates of D- and L-tyrosine crystallization

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-275

  Shinitzky, Meir ^a   Deamer, David ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; TYROSINE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STEREOISOMERISM;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; STEREOISOMERISM; TYROSINE;

EID: 43549109195     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-008-9129-2     Document Type: Review

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