Chemical Origin of Life: How do Five HCN Molecules Combine to form Adenine under Prebiotic and Interstellar Conditions

Quantum Biochemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 197-217

  Roy, Debjani ^a   Schleyer, Paul Von Rague ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenine formation; Biocomputational chemistry; HCN; Interstellar chemistry; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885566950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527629213.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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