NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Back to Results
Amphiphilic components of the Murchison carbonaceous chondrite - Surface properties and membrane formationThe possibility that the amphiphilic compounds in carbonaceous meteorites whose physicochemical properties are presently studied may represent sources of lipidlike compounds which could have evolved as membrane components in primitive cells is investigated in samples of the Murchison CM2 chondrite. Surface properties and membrane formation are obtained for three fractions isolated by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. It is concluded that a small, undefined fraction of Murchison components exhibits amphiphilic properties which allow assembly into boundary membranes.
Document ID
19890064689
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Deamer, D. W.
(California, University Davis, United States)
Pashley, R. M.
(Australian National University Canberra, Australia)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere
Volume: 19
Issue: 1 19
ISSN: 0169-6149
Subject Category
Space Biology
Accession Number
89A52060
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1119
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.
No Preview Available