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. 1968 Jan;59(1):22–28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.59.1.22

PREBIOTIC PORPHYRIN GENESIS: PORPHYRINS FROM ELECTRIC DISCHARGE IN METHANE, AMMONIA, AND WATER VAPOR

G W Hodgson 1,*, Cyril Ponnamperuma 1
PMCID: PMC285994  PMID: 16591587

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