The search for chiral asymmetry as a potential biosignature in our solar system

DP Glavin, AS Burton, JE Elsila, JC Aponte… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The search for evidence of extraterrestrial life in our Solar System is currently guided by our
understanding of terrestrial biology and its associated biosignatures. The observed …

Understanding prebiotic chemistry through the analysis of extraterrestrial amino acids and nucleobases in meteorites

AS Burton, JC Stern, JE Elsila, DP Glavin… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The discoveries of amino acids of extraterrestrial origin in many meteorites over the last 50
years have revolutionized the Astrobiology field. A variety of non-terrestrial amino acids …

[图书][B] Stable isotope geochemistry

J Hoefs, J Hoefs - 2009 - Springer
The nine editions of Stable Isotope Geochemistry have appeared over a time span of nearly
50 years. The first edition (1973) appeared as a slim book of 135 pages. Due to the rapid …

Principles of stable isotope geochemistry

Z Sharp - 2017 - digitalrepository.unm.edu
Abstract Principles of Stable Isotope Geochemistry is written as a textbook to accompany a
one semester course in Stable Isotope Geochemistry. There are 13 chapters, each dealing …

[图书][B] Introduction to organic geochemistry

SD Killops, VJ Killops - 2013 - books.google.com
An Introduction to Organic Geochemistry explores the fate of organic matter of all types,
biogenic and man-made, in the Earth System. investigates the variety of pathways and …

Cometary glycine detected in samples returned by Stardust

JE Elsila, DP Glavin, JP Dworkin - Meteoritics & planetary …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Our previous analysis of cometary samples returned to Earth by NASA's Stardust spacecraft
showed several amines and amino acids, but the origin of these compounds could not be …

Organic compounds in carbonaceous meteorites

MA Sephton - Natural product reports, 2002 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1950s to the present day The carbonaceous chondrite meteorites are fragments of
asteroids that have remained relatively unprocessed since the formation of the solar system …

Absolute asymmetric synthesis: the origin, control, and amplification of chirality

BL Feringa, RA Van Delden - … Chemie International Edition, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Biomolecular homochirality, the origin of which is still a puzzle, has challenged scientists to
design chemical systems that provide chiral molecules through absolute asymmetric …

The origin and amplification of biomolecular chirality

WA Bonner - Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 1991 - Springer
The crucial organic molecules associated with life are chiral (ie they possess
nonsuperposable'right-'(D) or'left-handed'(L) 3-dimensional mirror image structures) and are …

Isotope organic geochemistry

EM Galimov - Organic geochemistry, 2006 - Elsevier
The present-day state as well as the history of isotope organic geochemistry is reviewed.
Theoretical aspects of isotope fractionation in a system of complex organic molecules …