Primordial synthesis of amines and amino acids in a 1958 Miller H 2S-rich spark discharge experiment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5526-5531

  Parker, Eric T ^a,f   Cleaves, Henderson J ^b   Dworkin, Jason P ^c   Glavin, Daniel P ^c   Callahan, Michael ^c   Aubrey, Andrew ^d   Lazcano, Antonio ^e   Bada, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous chondrites; Prebiotic chemistry; Volcano plume chemistry

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; SULFUR AMINO ACID;

ASTRONOMY; CHIRALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ISOMER; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; SIMULATION; STORAGE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79954996872     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019191108     Document Type: Article

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