Perspectives in Amino Acid and Protein Geochemistry
Contributors: Glenn A. Goodfriend (Editor); Matthew Collins (Editor); Marilyn Fogel (Editor); Stephen Macko (Editor); John F. Wehmiller (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: March 22, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780195135077
Subjects: Geochemistry; Organic chemistry; Biogeochemistry; Biogeography; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Life Sciences - Ecology; Science / Geology; Earth Sciences - Geology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Amino acids; Biomolecules, Fossil; Proteins
First sentence: The search for amino acids in meteorites, utilizing modern analytical techniques, began in the early 1960s (Calvin and Vaughn, 1960; Briggs, 1961; Briggs and Mamikunian, 1963) with identifications first obtained by Degens and Bajor (1962) and Kaplan et al. (1963).
Description: xiii, 366 p., [2] p. of plates : 26 cm