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The mechanism of synthesis of amino acids by electric discharges
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“The synthetic mechanism is likely to have been of Strecker's type, as furtherly elucidated by Miller himself.”
From The Origin and Early Evolution of Life: Homochirality Emergence in Prebiotic Environments (2023) · cites this paper as Miller, 1957
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A Production of Amino Acids Under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions
Miller, S. L. (1953) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.117.3046.528 · Cited by 3,522
Self-citationPHOTOMETRIC NINHYDRIN METHOD FOR USE IN THE CHROMATOGRAPHY OF AMINO ACIDS
Moore, S., & Stein, W. H. (1948) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1016/s0021-9258(18)51034-6 · Cited by 3,035
CHROMATOGRAPHY OF AMINO ACIDS ON SULFONATED POLYSTYRENE RESINS
Moore, S., & Stein, W. H. (1951) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1016/s0021-9258(19)77791-6 · Cited by 1,774
Production of Some Organic Compounds under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions1
Miller, S. L. (1955) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja01614a001 · Cited by 827
Self-citationThe Fischer-Tropsch and related syntheses
Russell, D. H. (1951) · Journal of the Franklin Institute · doi:10.1016/0016-0032(51)90959-3 · Cited by 302
Separation of Organic Acids from Plant Tissues
Bulen, W. A., Varner, J. E., & Burrell, R. C. (1952) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac60061a038 · Cited by 264
Colorimetric Method for Determination of Traces of Carbonyl Compounds
Lappin, G. R., & Clark, L. C. (1951) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac60051a050 · Cited by 251
Oparin, A. I. (1961) · PubMed · Cited by 236
The chemistry of organic cyanogen compounds
Migrdichian, V. (1947) · Cited by 74
Simultaneous Separation of Purines, Pyrimidines, Amino Acids, and Other Nitrogenous Compounds
Wall, J. S. (1953) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac60078a029 · Cited by 62
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- Stein, 1949, 14, 179
- Fischer, 1916, Ber., 49, 1357
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- Francesconi, 1923, Gazz. chim. ital., 53, 327
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Organic Compound Synthesis on the Primitive Earth
Miller, S. L., & Urey, H. C. (1959) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.130.3370.245 · Cited by 1,403
Self-citationPrebiotic chemistry and the origin of the RNA world.
Leslie E., O. (2004) · Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · doi:10.1080/10409230490460765 · Cited by 1,124
Synthesis of adenine from ammonium cyanide
Oro, J. A. (1960) · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · doi:10.1016/0006-291x(60)90138-8 · Cited by 482
Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds in Meteorites
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Metadata
- Authors
- Miller, S. L.
- Affiliations
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Miller, Stanley L.
- Venue
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1957-01
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 480-489
- ISSN
- 0006-3002 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2079358694
- Cited by
- 380
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 17.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Keywords
- electric discharge synthesis, amino acids, hydroxy acids, spark discharge, Strecker synthesis, hydrogen cyanide, aminonitriles, hydrolysis, beta-alanine, succinic acid, acrylonitrile, N-methylalanine, iminodiacetic acid, urea, early Earth, origin of life, prebiotic chemistry, ferrous ammonium sulfate
- MeSH terms
- Amino Acids, Biochemical Phenomena, Electricity
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