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 Origin of biomolecular Asymmetry

 
  • Publications since 1999Meierhenrich - Springer
    • Küppers M., Keller H.U., Kührt E., A'Hearn M.F., Altwegg K. et. al.: Triple F - a comet nucleus sample return mission. Experimental Astronomy 23 (2009), 809-847. Abstract.

    • Meierhenrich U.J.: Amino Acids and the Asymmetry of Life - Caught in the Act of Formation. ISBN 978-3-540-76885-2, 230 p., approx. 77 illustrations, 24 in color, Hardcover, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York (2008). Abstract.

    • Meierhenrich U. J.: Review of Origin of Life - Chemical Approach. Edited by Herdewijn, P. and Kisakürek V. Angew. Chem. 120 (2008), 8466. Abstract; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47 (2008), 8342. Abstract.

      Bredehöft & Meierhenrich in TakenakaBredehöft J. H., Meierhenrich U. J.: Amino Acid Structures from UV Irradiation of Simulated Interstellar ices. In: Takenaka N. (Ed.) Recent Developments of Chemistry and Photochemistry in Ice. ISBN 978-81-7895-331-1 (Hardcover), Transworld Research Network, Kerala, India (2008), pp. 175-202. Abstract.

    • Nuevo M., Meierhenrich U.J., d'Hendecourt L., Muñoz Caro G.M., Dartois E., Deboffle D., Thiemann W.H.-P., Bredehöft J.H., Nahon L.: Enantiomeric separation of complex organic molecules produced from irradiation of interstellar/circumstellar ice analogs. Adv. Space Res. 39 (2007), 400-404. Abstract

    • Goesmann F., Rosenbauer H., Roll R., Szopa C., Raulin F., Sternberg R., Israel G., Meierhenrich U., Thiemann W., Munoz Caro G.: COSAC, the cometary sampling and composition experiment on Philae. Space Science Reviews 128 (2007), 257-280. Abstract

    • Bredehoeft J.H., Breme K., Meierhenrich U.J., Hoffmann S.V., Thiemann W.H.-P.: Chiroptical properties of diamino carboxylic acids. Chirality 19 (2007), 570-573. Abstract

    • Nuevo M., Meierhenrich U.J., Muñoz Caro G.M., Dartois E., d'Hendecourt L., Deboffle D., Auger G., Blanot D., Bredehöft J.H., Nahon L.: The effects of circularly polarized light on amino acid enantiomers produced by the UV irradiation of interstellar ice analogs. Astronomy & Astrophysics 457 (2006), 741-751. Abstract

    • Filippi J.-J., Fernandez, X. ; Loiseau A.-M.; Lizzani-Cuvelier, L. ; Meierhenrich U.: Enantiomer Separation of 1,4-Sulfanylalcohols by Conventional and Low-Temperature Gas Chromatography. Chirality 18 (2006), 558-561. Full text
    • Filippi J-J, Lanfranchi D-A, Prado S, Baldovini N, Meierhenrich UJ: Composition, Enantiomeric Distribution, and Antibacterial Activity of the Essential Oil of Achillea ligustica All. from Corsica. J. Agric. Food Chem. 54 (2006), 6308-6313. Abstract

      Angewandte
    • Meierhenrich U.J., Nahon L., Alcaraz C., Bredehöft J.H., Hoffmann S.V., Barbier B., Brack A.: Asymmetric Vacuum UV photolysis of the Amino Acid Leucine in the Solid State. Angew. Chem. 117 (2005), 5774-5779; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 44 (2005), 5630-5634.  Full text (engl.) |  Full text (german)



    • Chemistry Cover 2005Meierhenrich U.J., Muñoz Caro G.M., Schutte W.A., Thiemann W.H.-P. Barbier B., Brack A.: Precursors of biological cofactors from ultraviolet irradiation of circumstellar/interstellar ice analogs. Chemistry - A
      European Journal       11 (2005), 4895-4900.       Full text

    • Breme K., Meierhenrich U.J.: Review of Chemische
      Evolution und der Ursprung des Lebens.       Angew. Chem. 117 (2005), 7671-7672. Full text

    • Actualité ChimiqueMeierhenrich U.J., Golebiowski J., Fernandez X., Cabrol-Bass D.: De la molécule à l'odeur. Les bases moléculaire des premières étapes de l'olfaction. L'Actualité Chimique 289 (2005), 29-40.

    • Meierhenrich U.J.: Life from the Depths of Space. German Research 27 (2005), 17-20. Full text

    • Breme K., Süß B., Meierhenrich U.J.: Precursors of living organisms identified in space. BIOforum Europe 9 (2005), 49-51.

    • Süß B., Breme K., Meierhenrich U.J.: Biogenese und Evolution - Identifizierung molekularer Lebensbausteine im All. BIOforum 11 (2005), 45-47.

    • Meierhenrich U.J.: Leben aus der Tiefe des Raumes. DFG Forschung 1 (2005), 15-18. Full text

    • Meierhenrich U.J.: Spontaneous generation of amino acid structures in the interstellar medium. In: Seckbach J., Chela-Flores J., Owen T., Raulin F. (Eds.) Life in the Universe - From the Miller Experiment to the Search for Life on Other Worlds. Vol. 7, ISBN 1-4020-2371-5 (Hardcover), ISBN 1-4020-3093-1 (Softcover), Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany (2005), 387 p. Abstract

    • Meierhenrich U.J., Golebiowski J., Fernandez X., Cabrol-Bass D.: The molecular basis of olfactory chemoreception. Angew. Chem. 116 (2004), 6570-6573; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 43 (2004), 6410-6412. Abstract |  Cited Ref |    Full text*

    • Meierhenrich U.J., Muñoz Caro G.M., Bredehöft J.H., Jessberger E.K. and Thiemann W.H.-P.: Identification of diamino acids in the Murchison meteorite. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (2004), 9182-9186 Abstract |  Cited Ref  |   Full text

    • Meierhenrich U.J.: Review of Chiral Separations - Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology. Angew. Chem. 116 (2004), 4347-4348; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 43 (2004), 4252-4253.
      Abstract |  Cited Ref  |   Full text

    • Meierhenrich U.J. and Thiemann W.H.-P.: Photochemical concepts on the origin of biomolecular asymmetry. Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 34 (2004), 111-121. Abstract |  Cited Ref  |    Full text

    • Muñoz Caro G.M., Meierhenrich U.J., Schutte W.A., Greenberg J.M. and Thiemann, W.: UV-photoprocessing of interstellar ice analogs: Detection of hexamethylenetetramine-based species. Astronomy & Astrophysics 413
      (2004), 209-216.       Abstract |   Cited Ref   |   Full text

    • Meierhenrich U.J., Bredehöft J.H., Thiemann W.H.-P., Goesmann F., Roll R., Hilchembach M., Rosenbauer H.: Amino acid analysis intended on the Martian surface. In: Perez-Mercader J. (ed.) Exo-Astrobiology, European Space Agency, ESA SP-545; ISBN 92-9092-856-6, Noordwijk, the Netherlands (2004), 239-240. Abstract

    • Bredehöft J.H., Thiemann W.H.-P., Meierhenrich U.J.: Separation and characterization of N-heterocyclic compounds from an interstellar mineral matrix. In: Perez-Mercader J. (ed.) Exo-Astrobiology, European Space Agency, ESA SP-545; ISBN 92-9092-856-6, Noordwijk, the Netherlands (2004), 175-176. Abstract

    • Meierhenrich U.J., Nguyen M.-J., Barbier B., Brack A., Thiemann W.H.-P.: Gas Chromatographic Separation of Saturated Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Enantiomers on Permethylated b-Cyclodextrin. Chirality 15 (2003), S13-S16. Abstract |  Cited Ref |    Full text*

    • Meierhenrich U., Thiemann W.H.-P. and Rosenbauer H.: The search for enantiomeric excesses in cometary matter. In: Celnikier L.M. and Trân Thanh Vân J. (eds.) Frontiers of Life . Thê Giói Publishers, Vietnam (2003), pp. 23-26. Abstract | Cited Ref
       
    • Meierhenrich U.J., Muñoz Caro G.M., Schutte W.A., Barbier B., Arcones Segovia A., Rosenbauer H., Thiemann W., Brack A.: Photoproduction of chiral amino acids under simulated interstellar conditions. Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 33 (2003), 257-258.
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    • Meierhenrich U.J., Muñoz Caro G.M., Barbier B., Brack A., Thiemann W.H.-P., Goesmann F., Rosenbauer H.: Amino acid formation on interstellar dust particles. Geophysical Research Abstract 5 (2003) 5100.
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    • Meierhenrich U.J., Muñoz Caro G.M., Thiemann W.H.-P., Goesmann F., Rosenbauer H.: Amino acid detection in cometary matter? Geophysical Research Abstract 5 (2003) 5304. Abstract |  Cited Ref  

    • Nuevo M., Dartois E., Deboffle D., d'Hendecourt L., Nahon L., Blanot D., Auger G., Barbier B., Meierhenrich U.: Chiral organic molecules and enantiomeric separation in the ISM and pre-cometary ices. Poster-presentation, Astrophysics of Dust, Estes-Park, Colorado/USA, 26-30 May, 2003.
    Nature
    • Muñoz Caro G.M., Meierhenrich U.J., Schutte W.A., Barbier B., Arcones Segovia A., Rosenbauer H., Thiemann W.H.-P., Brack A., Greenberg J.M.: Amino acids from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogues.
      • Nature 416 (2002), 403-406
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          ISI Top Paper on "Comets"
       
    • Griesbeck A.G. and Meierhenrich U.J.: Minireview: Asymmetric Photochemistry and Photochirogenesis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 41 (2002), 3147-3154; Kurzaufsatz: Asymmetrische Photochemie und Photochirogenese. Angew. Chem. 114 (2002), 3279-3286.
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    • Meierhenrich U.: The Origin of Biomolecular Asymmetry – Photochemistry and Enantioselective Analysis of Organic Molecules in Interstellar Environments with Special Emphasis on Amino Acids. Habilitationsschrift, University of Bremen (2002). Summary

    • Szopa C., Meierhenrich U., Coscia D., Janin L., Goesmann F., Sternberg R., Brun J.-F., Israel G., Cabane M., Roll R., Raulin F., Thiemann W., Vidal-Madjar C., and Rosenbauer H. : Gas chromatography for in situ analysis of a cometary nucleus IV. Study of capillary column robustness for space application . Journal of Chromatography A 982 (2002), 303-312.
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    • Meierhenrich U.J., Muñoz Caro G.M., Schutte W.A., Barbier B., Arcones Segovia A., Rosenbauer H., Thiemann W.H.-P., Brack A.: The prebiotic synthesis of amino acids – interstellar vs. atmospheric mechanisms. In: Sawaya-Lacoste H., (Ed.) Exo-Astrobiology , ESA SP-518, ISBN: 92-9092-828-X, Noordwijk, the Netherlands (2002), p. 25-30. Abstract
    • Meierhenrich U. J., Thiemann W. H.-P., Goesmann F., Roll R., Rosenbauer H.: Enantioselective amino acid analysis in cometary matter planned for the COSAC instrument onboard Rosetta lander. In: Sawaya-Lacoste H., (Ed.) Exo-Astrobiology , ESA SP-518, ISBN: 92-9092-828-X, Noordwijk, the Netherlands (2002), p. 477-478. Abstract
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    • Meierhenrich U.J., Thiemann W.H.-P., Barbier B., Brack A., Alcaraz C., Nahon L., and Wolstencroft R.: Remote sensing of circularly polarized light from orbit of planet Mercury by the ESA Mission BepiColombo. In: Sawaya-Lacoste H., (Ed.) Exo-Astrobiology , ESA SP-518, ISBN: 92-9092-828-X, Noordwijk, the Netherlands (2002), p.243-246. Abstract

    • Meierhenrich U.J., Muñoz Caro G.M., Schutte W.A., Barbier B., Arcones Segovia A., Brack A., Rosenbauer H., Thiemann W.H.-P.: Amino Acids from Ultraviolet Irradiation of Interstellar Ice Analogues. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66 (2002), A505 Abstract | Cited Ref |    Full text
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    • Muñoz Caro G.M., Meierhenrich U.J., Schutte W.A., Barbier B., Arcones Sergovia A., Rosenbauer H., Thiemann W.H.-P., Brack A. and Greenberg J.M.: Formation of chiral organic molecules in simulated dense cloud environments. Geophysical Research Abstract 4 (2002), 3538.
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    • Szopa C., Meierhenrich U.J., Coscia D., Sternberg R., Thiemann W., Goesmann F., Roll R., Rosenbauer H., Israel G., Brun J.-F., Cabane M. and Raulin F.: Analysis of cometary matter by the COSAC instrumentation onboard Rosetta lander. Part I: Inorganic and organic molecules. Geophysical Research Abstract 4 (2002), 1210.  Full text
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    • Meierhenrich U.J., Thiemann W.H.-P., Barbier B., Brack A., Nahon L., Alcaraz C. and Wolstencroft R.: Circular Polarization of Light by Planet Mercury and Enantiomorphism of its surface minerals. Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 32 (2002), 181-190.
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    • Meierhenrich U.J., Muñoz Caro G.M., Schutte W.A., Barbier B., Arcones Segovia A., Rosenbauer H., Thiemann W.H.-P., Brack A. and Greenberg J.M.: First identification of amino acids in simulated interstellar medium. Geophysical Research Abstract 4 (2002), 2180.   Full text
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    • Meierhenrich U.J., Szopa C., Goesmann F., Roll R., Rosenbauer H. and Thiemann W.H.-P.: Analysis of Cometary Matter by the COSAC instrumentation onboard Rosetta lander. Part II: Chiral Organic Molecules. Geophysical Research Abstract 4 (2002), 1030.   Full text
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    • Meierhenrich U.J., Thiemann W.H.-P., Barbier B., Brack A., Nahon L., Alcaraz C. and Wolstencroft R.: Circular polarization of light by planet Mercury and enantiomorphism of ist surface minerals. Geophysical Research Abstract 4 (2002), 962.   Full text

    • Meierhenrich U., Thiemann W., Schubert C., Barbier B. and Brack A.: Isoprenoid enantiomers as molecular biomarkers in ancient sediments. In: Nakashima S., Maruyama S., Brack A., Windley B.F. (Eds.) Geochemistry and the Origin of Life . Universal Academy Press, Tokio, Japan (2002), 269-283.  Abstract  | Cited Ref
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    • Meierhenrich U.: Präbiotische Chemie - Kometen und irdisches Leben. Nachrichten aus der Chemie 51 (2002), 1338-1341. Abstract

    • Meierhenrich U.: Tagungsbericht der Konferenz der International Scientific Study on the Origin of Life (ISSOL), Oaxaca, Mexiko. Nachrichten aus der Chemie 51 (2002), 1393.  Full text
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    • Meierhenrich U.J., Thiemann W.H.-P. and Rosenbauer H.: Stereochemical investigations of cometary matter onboard the Rosetta Lander. Enantiomer 6 (2001), 97-99.  Abstract | Cited Ref  
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    • Meierhenrich U.J., Thiemann W.H.-P., Goesmann F., Roll R. and Rosenbauer H.: Enantiomer Separation of Hydrocarbons in Preparation of Rosetta’s 'Chirality-Experiment'. Chirality 13 (2001), 454-457. 
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    • Ma H., Wohlers J., Meierhenrich U., Bernecker A., Suling V. and Thiemann W.: Analysis of oxidative degradation products of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol treated with air ions. Analytical Chemistry 73 (2001), 3506-3510. 
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    • Ma H., Wohlers J., Meierhenrich U., Bernecker A., Suling V. and Thiemann W.: Oxidative degradation of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol in the presence of air ions. Chinese Chemical Letters 12 (2001), 211-214.
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    • Meierhenrich U.J., Thiemann W.H.-P. Muñoz Caro G.M., Schutte W.A. and Greenberg J.M.: Simulated Cometary Matter as a Test for Enantiomer Separating Chromatography for Use on Comet 46P/Wirtanen. Advances in Space Research 27 (2001), 329-334. 
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    • Thiemann W.H.-P., Rosenbauer H. and Meierhenrich U.J.: Conception of the 'Chirality-Experiment' on ESA's Mission ROSETTA to Comet 46P/Wirtanen. Advances in Space Research 27 (2001), 323-328.
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    • Meierhenrich U., Barbier B., Jacquet R., Chabin A., Alcaraz A., Nahon L. and Brack A.: Photochemical Origin of Biomolecular Asymmetry. Astrobiology 1 (2001), 212.     Full text*
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    • Brack A., Barbier B., Bertrand-Urbaniak M., Boillot F., Chabin A., Jacquet R. and Meierhenrich U.: Life in the Solar System: prebiotic chemistry, chirality, life on Mars. Astrobiology 1 (2001), 193.     Full text*
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    • Thiemann W. and Meierhenrich U.: Analysis of enantioenrichments in cometary matter by Rosetta/ RoLand. Astrobiology 1 (2001), 200. 
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    • Barbier B. and Meierhenrich U.J.: Origine de l’asymétrie des molécules biologiques. Rapport d’expérience, AM 409-01 projet 0455. Laboratoire pour l’Utilisation du Rayonnement Électromagnétique LURE, Paris-Orsay, France, (2001).
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    • Meierhenrich U., Thiemann W.H.-P. and Rosenbauer H.: Pyrolytic Methylation Assisted Enantioseparation of Chiral Hydroxycarboxylic Acids. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 60 (2001), 13-26. 
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    • Thiemann W.H.-P. and Meierhenrich U.: ESA Mission ROSETTA Will Probe for Chirality of Cometary Amino Acids. Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 31 (2001), 199-210.
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    • Meierhenrich U., Thiemann W., Goesmann F., Roll R. and Rosenbauer H.: Separation of cometary enantiomers by Rosetta/Roland. Geophysical Research Abstract 3 (2001), 7597.  Abstract | Cited Ref
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    • Meierhenrich U., Barbier B., Jacquet R., Chabin A., Alcaraz A., Nahon L. and Brack A.: Photochemical Origin of Biomolecular Asymmetry. In: Ehrenfreund P., Angerer O., Battrick B. (Eds.) Exo-/Astro-Biology, European Space Agency, ESA SP-496, The Netherlands (2001), p. 167-170.  Abstract | Cited Ref
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    • Thiemann W. and Meierhenrich U.: Analysis of enantioenrichments in cometary matter by Rosetta/ RoLand. In: Ehrenfreund P., Angerer O., Battrick B. (Eds.) Exo-/Astro-Biology, European Space Agency, ESA SP-496, The Netherlands (2001), p. 99-102.  Abstract | Cited Ref
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    • Brack A., Barbier B., Bertrand-Urbaniak M., Boillot F., Chabin A., Jacquet R. and Meierhenrich U.: Life in the Solar System: prebiotic chemistry, chirality, life on Mars. In: Ehrenfreund P., Angerer O., Battrick B. (Eds.) Exo-/Astro-Biology, European Space Agency, ESA SP-496, The Netherlands (2001), p. 49-54.  Abstract
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    • Meierhenrich U., Jacquet R., Alcaraz C., Chabin A., Boillot F., Brack A., Nahon. L. and Barbier B.: Origin of Biological Asymmetry. Rapport d’activité à 4 ans du Laboratoire pour l’Utilisation du Rayonnement Électromagnétique LURE, Paris-Orsay, France, (2001). 
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    • Meierhenrich U.: Rezension des Buches "Rechts oder links. In der Natur und anderswo" Henri Brunner, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim (1999). In: Spektrum der Wissenschaft 8 (2000), 107-108. Abstract
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    • Thiemann W.H.-P. and Meierhenrich U.: Future Space Experiment Will Concern the Origin of Homochirality. Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 30 (2000), 220. Abstract | Cited Ref |  Full text  
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    • Boillot B., Meierhenrich U., Chabin A., Jacquet R., Alcaraz C., Dutuit O., Brack A., Nahon L. and Barbier B.: Origine de l’asymétrie des molécules biologiques. Poster, Journées Soleil Région Centre, Orléans, France, 18-20 December 2000.  Abstract
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    • Meierhenrich U.J. and Thiemann W. H.-P.: Enantiomer Separations Planned in Cometary Matter in Situ. Poster (Section 4: Chirality and Life, 113), Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, USA, 3-5 April 2000.
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    • Meierhenrich U. and Thiemann W. H.-P.: Determination of an Enantiomeric Bias in Chiral Organics for Application in Space Exploration. Poster (GEOC 0055), 219th Americal Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 26-30 March 2000.
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    • Thiemann W. H.-P. and Meierhenrich U.: Enantiomer Separation of Branched Aliphatic Alkane Biomarkers. Poster (GEOC 0041), 219th Americal Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 26-30 March 2000.
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    • Meierhenrich U., Thiemann W.H.-P. and Rosenbauer H.: Molecular Parity Violation via Comets? Chirality 11 (1999), 575-582.
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    • Meierhenrich U. and Thiemann W.: Neue Ansätze zur Erfassung extraterrestrischer Lebensformen. Nachrichten der Olbers-Gesellschaft 185 (1999), 4-7. Abstract | Cited Ref |  Full text  

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