Enhanced Synthesis of Alkyl Amino Acids in Miller's 1958 H 2S Experiment

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 569-574

  Parker, Eric T ^a,e   Cleaves, H James ^b   Callahan, Michael P ^c   Dworkin, Jason P ^c   Glavin, Daniel P ^c   Lazcano, Antonio ^d   Bada, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulfide; Spark discharge; Stanley Miller

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ALDEHYDE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EARLY EARTH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; KETONE; LIGHTNING; METHANE; PALEOATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHTNING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; VOLCANO;

AMINO ACIDS; ATMOSPHERE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LIGHTNING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 84857923628     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9253-2     Document Type: Article

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