Astrochemistry and the origin of genetic material

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-118

  Gallori, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Clay nucleic acid complexes; Early genetic material; Panspermia

Indexed keywords

ASTROCHEMISTRY; BUILDING BLOCKES; CLAY-NUCLEIC ACID COMPLEXES; COMPLEX MOLECULES; EARLY EARTH; GENETIC MATERIALS; INTERSTELLAR DUST; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PANSPERMIA; PRINCIPAL AGENTS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CLAY MINERALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC MINERALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MATERIALS;

EID: 80051663367     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-011-0118-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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