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Racemic amino acids from the ultraviolet photolysis of interstellar ice analogues

Bernstein, Max P., Dworkin, Jason P., Sandford, Scott A., Cooper, George W., Allamandola, Louis J.·2002·Nature
DOI 10.1038/416401a
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Authors
Bernstein, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Cooper, G. W., & Allamandola, L. J.
Venue
Nature
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2002-03
Volume
416
Issue
6879
Pages
401-403
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/416401a
OpenAlex
W2014474614
Cited by
785
References
1
FWCI
26.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)

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