Distribution and stable isotopic composition of amino acids from fungal peptaibiotics: Assessing the potential for meteoritic contamination

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-133

  Elsila, Jamie E ^a   Callahan, Michael P ^a   Glavin, Daniel P ^a   Dworkin, Jason P ^a   Brückner, Hans ^b,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

aminoisobutyric acid; Amino acids; Contamination; Filamentous fungi; Isotopes

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; 2-AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ISOTOPE; ISOVALINE; PEPTAIBOL; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS; MICROCLIMATE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACIDS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FUNGI; ISOTOPES; METEOROIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTAIBOLS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALINE;

FUNGI; IVA;

EID: 79952962363     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0505     Document Type: Article

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