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Guanine, Adenine, and Hypoxanthine Production in UV-Irradiated Formamide Solutions: Relaxation of the Requirements for Prebiotic Purine Nucleobase Formation

Hannah L. Barks ^1,3,
Ragan Buckley ^1,3,
Gregory A. Grieves¹,
Ernesto Di Mauro²,
Nicholas V. Hud Prof.¹,
Thomas M. Orlando Prof.¹

Article first published online: 21 MAY 2010

DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201000074

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Volume 11, Issue 9, pages 1240–1243, June 14, 2010

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Barks , H. L., Buckley , R., Grieves, G. A., Di Mauro, E., Hud, N. V. and Orlando, T. M. (2010), Guanine, Adenine, and Hypoxanthine Production in UV-Irradiated Formamide Solutions: Relaxation of the Requirements for Prebiotic Purine Nucleobase Formation. ChemBioChem, 11: 1240–1243. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201000074

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School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400 (USA), Fax: (+1) 404-385-6057
²
Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologica Molecolare, Università La Sapienza, P. le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome (Italy)
³
These authors contributed equally to this work.

Email: Nicholas V. Hud Prof. (thomas.orlando@chemistry.gatech.edu), Thomas M. Orlando Prof. (hud@gatech.edu)

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Issue published online: 7 JUN 2010
Article first published online: 21 MAY 2010
Manuscript Received: 6 MAR 2010

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NASA Exobiology. Grant Number: NNG05GP20G, NNX08A014G
European Space Agency

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