Synthesis of glycine-containing complexes in impacts of comets on early Earth

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 949-954

  Goldman, Nir ^a   Reed, Evan J ^a,b   Fried, Laurence E ^a   William Kuo, I F ^a   Maiti, Amitesh ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EARTH (PLANET); GLYCINE; METEOROIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION;

EID: 78049325250     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.827     Document Type: Article

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