Pathways for the asymmetric amplification of protein amino acids in the Murchison meteorite

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7819, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Engel, Michael H ^a   Macko, Stephen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amino acids; Murchison Meteorite; stable isotopes; stereochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ASYMMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; BUILDING BLOCKES; ENANTIOMER EXCESS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN; L-AMINO ACIDS; L-ENANTIOMERS; MURCHISON; MURCHISON METEORITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PARENT BODIES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

AMPLIFICATION; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 78649395300     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.859716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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