High-energy chemistry of formamide: A unified mechanism of nucleobase formation (original) (raw)
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- Nesvorný, David ;
- Šponer, Jiří ;
- Kubelík, Petr ;
- Michalčíková, Regina ;
- Shestivská, Violetta ;
- Šponer, Judit E. ;
- Civiš, Svatopluk
Abstract
This paper addresses one of the central problems of the origin of life research, i.e., the scenario suggesting extraterrestrial impact as the source of biogenic molecules. Likewise, the results might be relevant in the search of biogenic molecules in the universe. The work is therefore highly actual and interdisciplinary. It could be interesting for a very broad readership, from physical and organic chemists to synthetic biologists and specialists in astrobiology.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
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January 2015
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