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Curation of Computational Chemical Libraries Demonstrated with Alpha-Amino Acids
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マレー隕石に固有のアミノ酸

J G Lawless, K A Kvenvolden, E Peterson

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |August 13, 1971
    PubMed
    まとめ

    マレー隕石の分析により,17種類のアミノ酸が発見され,その多くはD/L同位体と非タンパク質の起源が等しいことが示された. これらの発見は,これらの有機化合物の地球外起源を支持します.

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