Cometary glycine detected in samples returned by Stardust

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1323-1330

  Elsila, Jamie E ^a   Glavin, Daniel P ^a   Dworkin, Jason P ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 73349111585     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01224.x     Document Type: Article

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