Carbonaceous Meteorites Contain a Wide Range of Extraterrestrial Nucleobases

• Main Authors: Glavin, Daniel P., House, Christopher H., Dworkin, Jason P., Cleaves, H. James, II, Ruzicka, Josef, Callahan, Michael P., Stern, Jennifer C., Smith, Karen E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Exobiology; Antarctic; Murchison; Lonewolf Nunataks; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20110020694

All terrestrial organisms depend on nucleic acids (RNA and DNA), which use pyrimidine and purine nucleobases to encode genetic information. Carbon-rich meteorites may have been important sources of organic compounds required for the emergence of life on the early Earth; however, the origin and forma...