Molecular structure of organic components in cephalopods: Evidence for oxidative cross linking in fossil marine invertebrates

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1405-1414

  Gupta, Neal S ^a,b   Briggs, Derek E G ^a   Landman, Neil H ^c   Tanabe, Kazushige ^d   Summons, Roger E ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKING; MARINE INVERTEBRATES; MODEL COMPOUNDS; PROTEIN COMPOSITION; SPECTROMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

ALKYLATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BENZENE; CHITIN; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHENOLS; PHOTORESISTS; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CEPHALOPOD; CHITIN; FOSSIL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; ANAGAUDRYCERAS; ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; DOSIDICUS GIGAS; HOPLOSCAPHITES; INVERTEBRATA; NAUTILUS BELAUENSIS; PLACENTICERAS;

EID: 51249113629     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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