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- Evidence for Extraterrestrial Amino-acids and Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite (1970) (718)
- Infrared observations of the saturnian system from voyager 1. (1981) (543)
- Nonprotein amino acids in the murchison meteorite. (1971) (260)
- Infrared Observations of the Jovian System from Voyager 1 (1979) (259)
- Infrared Observations of the Saturnian System from Voyager 2 (1979) (185)
- Model for Origin of Monosaccharides (1967) (169)
- Synthesis of Adenosine Triphosphate Under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions (1963) (138)
- Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite (1971) (114)
- Clay and the origin of life (1982) (105)
- Survival of Common Terrestrial Microorganisms under Simulated Jovian Conditions (1972) (104)
- FORMATION OF ADENINE BY ELECTRON IRRADIATION OF METHANE, AMMONIA, AND WATER. (1963) (100)
- Nucleotide Synthesis under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions (1965) (99)
- Organic synthesis in a simulated Jovian atmosphere (1969) (94)
- Heterocyclic Compounds indigenous to the Murchison Meteorite (1971) (90)
- Amino Acids Indigenous to the Murray Meteorite (1971) (90)
- Amino acids in the Yamato carbonaceous chondrite from Antarctica (1979) (89)
- Chemical Evolution: Physics of the Origin and Evolution of Life (1996) (84)
- Organic synthesis in the atmosphere of Titan (1981) (84)
- Prebiotic porphyrin genesis: porphyrins from electric discharge in methane, ammonia, and water vapor. (1968) (84)
- Prebiotic condensation reactions in an aqueous medium: A review of condensing agents (1976) (79)
- Phosphorylation on the Primitive Earth: Phosphorylation of Adenosine with Linear Polyphosphate Salts in Aqueous Solution (1968) (70)
- Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life (1964) (63)
- Phosphorylation on the Primitive Earth: Phosphorylation by way of Inorganic Phosphate as a Potential Prebiotic Process (1968) (57)
- Physical Sciences: Evidence for Amino-acids of Extraterrestrial Origin in the Orgueil Meteorite (1972) (56)
- Possible Abiogenic Origin of Some Naturally Occurring Hydrocarbons (1966) (56)
- The Origins of Life (1972) (50)
- A possible prebiotic synthesis of monocarboxylic acids. (1967) (49)
- ABIOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS OF SOME NUCLEIC ACID CONSTITUENTS (1965) (44)
- Chemical evolution of the early Precambrian (1977) (44)
- Primordial organic chemistry and the origin of life (1971) (43)
- Evidence for the interaction of nucleotides with immobilized amino-acids and its significance for the origin of the genetic code. (1971) (41)
- Cosmochemistry and the Origin of Life (1983) (39)
- The radiation decomposition of adenine. (1963) (39)
- Formation of Adenosine by Ultra-violet Irradiation of a Solution of Adenine and Ribose (1963) (37)
- The Voyager infrared spectroscopy and radiometry investigation (1977) (35)
- Cosmochemical Evolution and the Origins of Life (1974) (35)
- Carbon, Carbides, and Methane in an Apollo 12 Sample (1971) (34)
- Peptide formation mediated by hydrogen cyanide tetramer: a possible prebiotic process. (1969) (33)
- Differences in the Character of C6 to C9 Hydrocarbons from Gaseous Methane in Low-Frequency Electric Discharges (1964) (33)
- Search for Organic Compounds in the Lunar Dust from the Sea of Tranquiblity (1970) (32)
- ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN THE MURCHISON METEORITE (1972) (31)
- Direct interaction between amino acids and nucleotides as a possible physicochemical basis for the origin of the genetic code. (1995) (30)
- Observations of the spectrum of Jupiter from 1500 to 2000 A with the IUE (1980) (30)
- Phosphorus, a key to life on the primitive earth (1977) (28)
- Abundance of organic compounds photochemically produced in the atmospheres of the outer planets (1979) (28)
- Adsorption of protein and non-protein amino acids on a clay mineral: A possible role of selection in chemical evolution (1980) (26)
- Infrared Observations of the Jovian System from Voyager 2 (1979) (24)
- Chemical evolution : structure and model of the first cell (1995) (24)
- Synthesis of Deoxyadenosine under Simulated Primitive Earth Conditions (1964) (24)
- In the search for extraterrestrial life (1965) (22)
- Amino acids in a carbonaceous chondrite from Antarctica (2005) (22)
- Comets and the origin of life (1981) (21)
- Nucleoside Synthesis under Potentially Prebiotic Conditions (1967) (21)
- GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY (1968) (21)
- Formation of biologically relevant carboxylic acids during the gamma irradiation of acetic acid (1976) (20)
- Limits of life (1980) (20)
- Trace elements in chemical evolution, I (1985) (19)
- Chemical Effect of Ionizing Radiation on Cytosine (1962) (19)
- Current status of chemical studies on the origin of life (1968) (19)
- Chemical evolution of the giant planets (1976) (19)
- The Origin of Life in the Universe (1964) (18)
- Interstellar communication; scientific perspectives (1974) (18)
- A lunar-based chemical analysis laboratory (1992) (17)
- Adsorption of amino acid entantiomers by Na-montmorillonite (1981) (17)
- Evidence for amino acids in hydrolysates of compounds formed by ionizing radiations (1977) (16)
- Possible role of aminoacetonitrile in chemical evolution (1971) (16)
- A search for amino acids in Apollo 11 and 12 Lunar fines (1971) (16)
- Search for Porphyrins in Lunar Dust (1970) (16)
- Trace elements in chemical evolution (2005) (16)
- Identification and quantification of nucleic acid bases in carbonaceous chondrites (1986) (16)
- Interactions between amino acids and nucleotides in the prebiotic milieu (2004) (15)
- Life: Origin and Evolution. (1964) (15)
- Alpha-aminonitriles formed by an electric discharge through a mixture of anhydrous methane and ammonia. (1967) (15)
- Nonrandomness in prebiotic peptide synthesis (1990) (15)
- The organic chemistry and biology of the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter (1976) (15)
- Synthesis of organic compounds by the action of electric discharges in simulated primitive atmospheres (1967) (14)
- Ion-molecule Reactions in Hydrogen Cyanide (1969) (14)
- The Coming Search for Life on Mars (1970) (14)
- Carbon compounds in lunar fines from Mare Tranquillitatis. IV - Evidence for oxides and carbides (1970) (13)
- PREBIOTIC FORMATION OF HIGHER MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUNDS FROM THE PHOTOLYSIS OF AQUEOUS ACETIC ACID (1982) (13)
- Alicyclic hydrocarbons from an unusual deposit in Derbyshire, England—A study in possible diagenesis (1969) (13)
- Organic synthesis in a simulated Jovian atmosphere. III. Synthesis of Aminonitriles (1974) (13)
- Research for amino acids in lunar samples (1972) (13)
- Experimental investigation on the origin of the genetic code (2005) (12)
- Synthesis and properties of an all-D model ribonuclease S-peptide. (2009) (12)
- Guanine: Formation during the Thermal Polymerization of Amino Acids (1964) (12)
- A Coincidence Technique for Paper Chromatography (1964) (12)
- Aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons isolated from Trinidad Lake asphalt (1967) (12)
- The role of phosphates in chemical evolution. (1971) (11)
- Amino Acids in the Yamato-74662 Meteorite, an Antarctic Carbonaceous Chondrite (1979) (11)
- Synthesis of amino acids under primitive earth conditions in the presence of clay (1978) (11)
- Some recent work on prebiological synthesis of organic compounds (1966) (10)
- Search for amino acids in apollo returned lunar soil (1975) (10)
- Purification and properties of malate dehydrogenase from the extreme thermophile Bacillus caldolyticus. (1980) (9)
- The gamma-irradiation of aqueous hydrogen cyanide in the presence of ferrocyanide or ferricyanide: implications to prebiotic chemistry. (1989) (9)
- A quantitative assay of biologically important compounds in simulated primitive Earth experiments. (1989) (9)
- Nucleic acid hybridization with RNA immobilized on filter paper. (1972) (9)
- Lunar pigments - Porphyrin-like compounds from an Apollo 12 sample (1971) (9)
- Polymer formation in a simulated Jovian atmosphere. (1971) (8)
- Chemical Evolution: Origin of Life : Proceedings of the Trieste Conference on Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life, 26-30 October 1992 (1993) (8)
- The evolution of the protein synthesis system, II (1980) (8)
- Polymerization of amino acids under primitive earth conditions (1972) (8)
- Interstellar molecules and the origin of life (1971) (8)
- Carbon compounds in lunar fines from Mare Tranquillitatis. II - Search for porphyrins (1970) (8)
- Extractable organic compounds in Apollo 15 and 16 lunar fines (1973) (7)
- Abiogenic synthesis on Mars. (1965) (7)
- ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE. (1968) (7)
- Carbon compounds in lunar fines from Mare Tranquillitatis. III - Organosiloxanes in hydrochloric acid hydrolysates (1970) (7)
- The origin of the cell from Oparin to the present day (1995) (7)
- Effect of ionizing radiation and U. V. light on N-acetylglycine in the presence of ammonia (1971) (6)
- Polypeptides from the condensation of amino acid adenylates (1971) (6)
- A review of some experiments on the synthesis of ''Jeewanu'' (1967) (6)
- Organic Analysis of the Antarctic Carbonaceous Chondrites (1981) (6)
- Formation of amino acids by cobalt-60 irradiation of hydrogen cyanide solutions (1976) (6)
- Amino acid analyses of Apollo 14 samples. (1972) (6)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life (1970) (6)
- Organic synthesis in the atmosphere of Titan (1982) (6)
- Evidence of amino acids in hydrolysates of compounds formed by ionizing radiations (1977) (6)
- The Stereochemical Approach to Studies of the Origin of the Genetic Code (1984) (6)
- A protective function of the coacervates against UV light on the primitive Earth (1982) (6)
- Experimental studies in the origin of life. (1989) (6)
- Abiotic synthesis of nucleic acid bases by electric discharge in a simulated primitive atmosphere (1986) (6)
- Possible selective adsorption of enantiomers by Na-montmorillonite (1981) (6)
- Abiotic synthesis of bioorganic compounds in simulated primitive planetary environments (1997) (5)
- Role of succinic acid in chemical evolution (1982) (5)
- Extraction of amino acids from soils and sediments with superheated water (1974) (5)
- Survival of Common Bacteria in Liquid Culture under Carbon Dioxide at High Temperatures (1973) (5)
- Chemical studies on the existence of extraterrestrial life. (1992) (5)
- Dipeptides in the Murchison and Yamato Meteorites (1982) (5)
- The gamma radiation of methane, ammonia, and water (1965) (5)
- Possible role of phosphine in chemical evolution (1981) (5)
- EARLY EVOLUTION OF LIFE. (1963) (5)
- Organic material of recent Chesapeake Bay sediments. (1975) (4)
- The role of radiation in primordial organic synthesis. (1966) (4)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life (1977) (4)
- A quest for porphyrins in lunar soil: Samples from Apollo 11, 12 and 14 (1972) (4)
- Origin of life. (1973) (4)
- Organic synthesis by quench reactions (2005) (4)
- Computational study of radiation chemical processing in comet nuclei (1991) (4)
- Radiolysis of aqueous solutions of acetic acid in the presence of Na-montmorillonite. (1990) (4)
- Functions of the coacervate droplets (1982) (4)
- γ-Irradiation of malic acid in aqueous solutions (1980) (4)
- Search of peptide-like materials in electric discharge experiments (1989) (4)
- Organic Geochemistry of the ISUA Supracrustals (1981) (4)
- Cosmic Dawn: The Origins of Matter and Life and Life in the Universe (1982) (4)
- Role of trace metal ions in chemical evolution. The case of free-radical reactions. (1995) (4)
- Interconversion of biologically important carboxylic acids by radiation (1978) (4)
- The role of ionizing radiation in primordial organic synthesis. (1971) (4)
- Synthesis of Acyclic Isoprenoids by the γ-Irradiation of Isoprene (1969) (4)
- Chemical studies on the origin of life. (1965) (4)
- The prospect of life on Jupiter (2007) (4)
- Lunar organic analysis: Implications for chemical evolution (1972) (4)
- Amino acids from the Late Precambrian Thule Group, Greenland (1982) (3)
- The origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe. (1992) (3)
- Asymmetry and the Origin of Life (1990) (3)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life (1972) (3)
- Chemical evolution - Its relevance to Surtsey (1971) (3)
- Life in the universe - Intimations, and implications for space science. (1965) (3)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life; Proceedings of the Third International Conference, Pont-a-Mousson, France, April 19-25, 1970. Volume 1 - Molecular evolution. (1971) (3)
- Experiments in Jovian atmosphere. (1971) (3)
- Palaeobiology and Organic Geochemistry of Archean Helen Iron formation, Michipicoten Area (1980) (3)
- Phosphorylation of uridine with inorganic phosphates (1970) (3)
- THE RADIATION CHEMISTRY OF NUCLEIC ACID CONSTITUENTS (1962) (3)
- Harold Clayton Urey (1981) (3)
- Cosmic evolution: An introduction to astronomy (1978) (3)
- Trace elements in chemical evolution. II: Synthesis of amino acids under simulated primitive earth conditions in the presence of trace elements. (1985) (3)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life (1970) (3)
- The evolution of the protein synthesis system (1977) (3)
- Developments in solar system- and space science, 1. Carbonaceous meteorites (1975) (3)
- Aminonitriles: Possible role in chemical evolution (1975) (2)
- Oligo nucleotide amino acid binding interactions an approach to the study of the evolution of the genetic code (1972) (2)
- The electron‐impact‐induced fragmentations of some substituted 3‐aminopropionitriles (1974) (2)
- An inquiry into the selective protection of glycine during the radiolysis of glycine-alanine mixtures in aqueous solutions and its implications to the preservation of optically active amino acids in the early earth (1996) (2)
- The Chemical Basis of Extraterrestrial Life. (1971) (2)
- A search for carbon and its compounds in lunar samples from Mare Tranquillitatis (1970) (2)
- Abiottc synthesis of nucleosides by electric discharge in a simulated primitive earth atmosphere (1986) (2)
- 16 – ORGANIC SYNTHESIS IN A SIMULATED JOVIAN ATMOSPHERE OF THE PLANET JUPITER (1976) (2)
- The beginnings of man-made life. (1965) (2)
- Search for life on the moon (1970) (2)
- Chemical studies on the possible existence of life on Mars. (1995) (2)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life : proceedings of the International Conference on the Origin of Life (1971) (2)
- An archaebacterial ATPase from Halobacterium saccharovorum. (1984) (1)
- On archaebacterial ATPase fromHalobacteriumsaccharovorum (2004) (1)
- The Role of Analytical Procedures in the Formation of Biochemicals From Experiments Simulating the Chemical Evolution of Primeval Earth (1981) (1)
- Analysis of sugars in the products of spark discharge in simulated primitive atmospheres by GC/MS. (1989) (1)
- The Role of Clay Minerals in Prebiotic Protein Synthesis (1981) (1)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life (1983) (1)
- Chemical yields of biologically important compounds from electric discharges (1989) (1)
- Editorial: space biology and the origin of life. (1970) (1)
- CLAY MINERALS OF THE FIG TREE SHALE IN THE EARLY ARCHEAN (1983) (1)
- SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS IN CHEMICAL EVOLUTION (1985) (1)
- Search for life beyond Earth (2008) (1)
- Editorial: Space siology and the origin of life (1970) (1)
- The role of sulfur in prebiotic chemistry (1986) (1)
- The origin and evolution of life (1989) (1)
- Influence of Na-montmorillonite in the gamma radiolysis of acetic acid. Implications in prebiotic synthesis (1986) (1)
- Methane as a chemical dosimeter in prebiotic experiments. I. Electrical Discharges, heat and shock waves (1986) (1)
- Gamma-irradiation of malic acid in aqueous solutions. (1980) (1)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life (1981) (1)
- Effect of polynucleotides on the dimerization of glycine (1981) (1)
- Electric dtscharge reactions in a mixture of phosphine, methane, nitrogen and water (1986) (1)
- The Antiquity of Carbon (1982) (1)
- Extraterrestrials: Primordial Organic Cosmochemistry (1995) (1)
- From Chemical Evolution to Biological Evolution (1980) (0)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life. Bibliography supplement 1983. (1987) (0)
- Lower molecular weight hydrocarbon formation in an open flow system by Fischer Tropsch reaction. [in primitive solar system] (2011) (0)
- Organic synthesis by quench reactions. [in prebiotic simulation experiment] (1975) (0)
- Chemical Analysis in Space Exploration: A Lunar-based Chemical Analysis Laboratory (LBCAL) (1992) (0)
- Current Status of Organic Analysis of Antarctic Meteorites. (1983) (0)
- A manned exobiology laboratory based on the Moon (1992) (0)
- Purification and properties of malate dehydrogenase from the extreme thermophileBacillus caldolyticus (1980) (0)
- 14 Fig Tree Shale (Early Pre-cambrian)中の粘土鉱物 (1980) (0)
- Book-Review - Limits of Life (1982) (0)
- A lunar-based chemical analysis laboratory : proceedings of the Ninth College Park Colloquium on Chemical Evolution, [University of Maryland, October 30-31, 1989] (1992) (0)
- Synthesis and analysis in studies of chemical evolution (1986) (0)
- Cosmochemistry and the origin of life : proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Maratea, Italy, June 1-12, 1981 (1983) (0)
- Speakers from Scientific Academies and Foundations of which Cyril Ponnamperuma was a Member (1996) (0)
- The search for and identification of amino acids, nucleobases and nucleosides in samples returned from Mars (1988) (0)
- Book-Review - Life Sciences and Space Research V. (1980) (0)
- The plenary sessions: Cosmochemistry and the origin of life (Report of the 6th International Conference on Chemical Education) (1982) (0)
- Organic molecules in the atmosphere of Jupiter. [low molecular weight hydrocarbons (1978) (0)
- Role of Free Radical Species of Oxygen in Space Radiation Damage and the Use of Antioxidants for Radioprotection, A Possible Study for the Lunar Base (1988) (0)
- NASA SCIENTIST SYNTHESIZES KEYSTONES TO ORIGIN OF LIFE (1966) (0)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life (2005) (0)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life. Bibliography supplement 1970. (1972) (0)
- Letter from Cyril Ponnamperuma, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka to Joshua Lederberg (1989) (0)
- Limits of life : proceedings of the Fourth College Park Colloquium on Chemical Evolution, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A., October 18th to 20th, 1978 (1980) (0)
- Book-Review - Comets and the Origin of Life (1983) (0)
- Organic Compounds in Carbonaceous Chondrites with Special Reference to the Mighei Meteorite (1977) (0)
- Comets and the origin of life; Proceedings of the Fifth College Park Colloquium on Chemical Evolution, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, October 29-31, 1980 (1981) (0)
- Organic molecules in the atmosphere of Jupiter (2013) (0)
- Boston College Environmental Center Summer Institute on Surtsey and Iceland (1971) (0)
- Half a Century after Proiskhozhdenie Zhizni (1975) (0)
- Organic chemical studies on the Antarctic carbonaceous chondrites (1980) (0)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life (1982) (0)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life (2005) (0)
- Erratum to: Antiquity and Evolutionary Status of Bacterial Sulfate Reduction: Sulfur Isotope Evidence (1980) (0)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life (1980) (0)
- A Plant Ideal for a Life Support System on the Moon (1988) (0)
- Organic matter in carbonaceous chondrites from the Antarctic. (1981) (0)
- Analysis of Carbon and Its Compounds in an Apollo 12 Sample (1971) (0)
- Book reviews (1980) (0)
- Determination of DL-asparagine by gas chromatography (1986) (0)
- A COINCIDENCE TECHNIC FOR PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY. (1964) (0)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life (1987) (0)
- Chemical evolution and the origin of life (1989) (0)
- Behaviour of C-14 labelled methyl palmitate during chromatography of petroleum hydrocarbons on the SARA column (1978) (0)
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