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Amino acids from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogues

Amino acids from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogues

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Amino acids from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogues

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Amino acids from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogues

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2002-03, Vol.416 (6879), p.403-406

Language

English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Amino acids are the essential molecular components of living organisms on Earth, but the proposed mechanisms for their spontaneous generation have been unable to account for their presence in Earth's early history
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. The delivery of extraterrestrial organic compounds has been proposed as an alternative to generation on Earth
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,
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Amino acids from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogues

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_71547453

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_71547453

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/416403a

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