Extraterrestrial amino acids in the Almahata Sitta meteorite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1695-1709

  Glavin, Daniel P ^a   Aubrey, Andrew D ^b   Callahan, Michael P ^a   Dworkin, Jason P ^a   Elsila, Jamie E ^a   Parker, Eric T ^c   Bada, Jeffrey L ^c   Jenniskens, Peter ^d   Shaddad, Muawia H ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

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EID: 78650334603     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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