Extraterrestrial Amino Acids

Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-42

  Martins, Z ^a   Sephton, M A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Comets; Interplanetary dust particle; Interstellar medium; Mars; Meteorites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872213796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527631766.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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