Glycine oligomerization up to triglycine by shock experiments simulating comet impacts

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-62

  Sugahara, Haruna ^a   Mimura, Koichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Comet impacts; Origins of life; Peptides; Shock experiments

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COMET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE;

EID: 84987737775     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0285     Document Type: Article

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