FeS/S/FeS 2 redox system and its oxidoreductase-like chemistry in the iron-sulfur world

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 471-476

  Wang, Wei ^a   Yang, Bin ^a   Qu, Youpeng ^a   Liu, Xiaoyang ^b   Su, Wenhui ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FeS S FeS 2 redox system; Iron sulfur world; like chemistry; Oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFIDE; HYDROGEN; IRON DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOGENESIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN; IRON COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SULFIDES; SULFUR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79959998431     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0624     Document Type: Article

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