SUBJECT INDEX (Volume 21) aluminum 26 39 dust 299 amino acid 119, 129, 317 dust accretion 279 anhydrobiotic organisms 177 aspartic acid 219, 243 Earth-Moon system 267 asteroids 339 enantiomeric, amplification 407 atmosphere’s origin 279 enantiomeric, excess 407 ATP 31 encapsulation 225 excess siderophiles 279 Bacillus subtilis spores 177 excess volatiles 279 exobiology 189 carbonaceous chondrites 375 extreme dryness 177 CCO 399 chirality 407 Fisher-Tropsch 375 review 59, 119 formaldehyde 39 CHON particle 299 circularly polarized light 407 genetic code 165, 251 citric acid cycle 219 glutamic acid 219 comets 39, 267 collisions 267 H,C,0 399 dust 267 Halley’s comet 421 impacts 267 HCN 421 life’s origins 267 heterocopolymers 243 nuclei 267 amino acids 243 organics 267 aspartic 243 water 267 proline 243 comma-less theory 251 homochirality 359, 407 computer modeling 39, 359 hydrogen cyanide 421 cosmic rays 39, 359 hydrogen peroxide 157 cosmogeochromatography 375 hydroxycarboxylic acids 19 creationism 1 impacts 339, 385 deamination 129 interplanetary dust 339 decarboxylation 129, 145 interstellar clouds 399 decarboxylation, oxidative 219 interstellar molecules 399 Deinoccus radiodurans 177 ionizing radiation 39 diketopiperazine 113, 129 isotope ratios 19 discharge 2 coronal 2 K/T boundary 317 electrical 2 ketene 399 point 2 kinetics 39 DNA 225 cobalt(3+) complex 225 late accretion 267 encapsulated 225 life detection concepts 255 spermidine complex 225 life survival 177 DNA strand breaks 177 lightning 2 Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 21: 435-436, 1992. 436 SUBJECT INDEX, VOLUME 21 liposomes 225 photolysis 219, 407 asymmetric 407 malonic acid 219 photophosphorylation 31 Mars 177, 189 photosynthesis 157 basins 189 abiotic 157 biologica! artifacts 255 evolution 157 channels 189 oxygenic 157 environments 189 planet formation 385 floods 189 plasma 2 gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer cold 2 experiment 255 hot 2 gas exchange experiment 255 polyamidines 421 labeled release experiment 255 polyamines 145 life 189 polycondensation 119 life detection concepts 255 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 375 paleolakes 189 polymers 299 pyrolytic release experiment 255 polypeptides 421 sample return 255 precellular 225 specialized environment 255 presolar molecular cloud 19 Viking biology 255 primary photosensitizers 31 water 189 primordial atmosphere 385 mass spectrometry 385 proline 243 meteorites 375, 385 protein synthesis 165 meteoroids 339 proteinoids 31 microspheres 31, 243 putrescine, prebiotic synthesis 145 Miller-Urey 375 pyrophosphate, dinucleoside 199 monocarboxylic acids 19 Murchison 385 radiation 359 Murchison meteorite 19 radiation-induced decomposition 39 organics 385 radiolysis 359 shocked 385 radionuclides 359 riboflavin 31 neutron star 407 RNA 251 nucleophiles 199 RNA catalysis 165 nucleotides 199 RNA, peptidyl 165 RNY 251 ocean’s origin 279 oligoglycine 113 sequence analysis 251 oligopeptides 113 silica catalysis 119, 129 organics 2 Strecker synthesis 19 ornithine 145 sublimation 129 succinic acid 219 PAH’s 375 supernova 407 parent body 19 peptide 113 Taurid complex 339 peptide-RNA 165 vacuum exposure 177 phosphate catalysis 113 phosphorimidazolide 199 adenosine 199 guanosine 199 kinetics 199 Sy Exeurs Ree pares