Stability of nucleic acid bases in concentrated sulfuric acid: Implications for the habitability of Venus' clouds.
Seager S, Petkowski JJ, Seager MD, Grimes JH Jr, Zinsli Z, Vollmer-Snarr HR, Abd El-Rahman MK, Wishart DS, Lee BL, Gautam V, Herrington L, Bains W, Darrow C.
Seager S, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Jun 20;120(25):e2220007120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2220007120. Epub 2023 Jun 12.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023.
PMID: 37307485
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Here, we show that nucleic acid bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil, as well as 2,6-diaminopurine and the "core" nucleic acid bases purine and pyrimidine, are stable in sulfuric acid in the Venus cloud temperature and sulfuric acid concentration range, using UV …
Here, we show that nucleic acid bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil, as well as 2,6-diaminopurine and the "core" nucleic a …