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HCN: A plausible source of purines, pyrimidines and amino acids on the primitive earth
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Synthesis of Purines under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions. I. Adenine from Hydrogen Cyanide
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ferris, J. P., Joshi, P. C., Edelson, E. H., & Lawless, J. G.
- Venue
- Journal of Molecular Evolution
- Published
- 1978-12
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 293-311
- ISSN
- 0022-2844 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-1432
- OpenAlex
- W1978524762
- Cited by
- 287
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 10.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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