Detection of Peptidic Sequences in the Ancient Acidic Sediments of Río Tinto, Spain

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 523-527

  Colín García, María ^a,b,c   Kanawati, Basem ^d   Harir, Mourad ^d   Schmitt Kopplin, Phillippe ^d   Amils, Ricardo ^a   Parro, Victor ^a   García, Miriam ^a   Fernández Remolar, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Peptides; Preservation; R o Tinto

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PEPTIDE;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOMARKER; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NUCLEIC ACID; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEPTIDE; PRESERVATION; PROTEIN; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACER;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPAIN;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXOBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MARS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDES; RIVERS; SPAIN;

ANDALUCIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN; TINTO RIVER;

EID: 84857918241     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9258-x     Document Type: Article

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