Photochemical synthesis of citric acid cycle intermediates based on titanium dioxide

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 815-824

  Saladino, Raffaele ^a   Brucato, John Robert ^b   De Sio, Antonio ^c   Botta, Giorgia ^a   Pace, Emanuele ^c,d   Gambicorti, Lisa ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Metabolism; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

FORMAMIDE; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; EVOLUTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CATALYSIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; FORMAMIDES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 80054854589     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0652     Document Type: Article

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