title: Astrobiology and biological chirality.
abstract: The emerging discipline of astrobiology could gain valuable support from research dealing with the problems of biological chirality. The most profitable fields of common interest are: (a) living organisms under extraterrestrial conditions, (b) extraterrestrial signatures of life and (c) origin(s) of biological chirality. These areas of complementary and overlapping fields are analysed on the basis of selected references.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Technology of Biologically Active Compounds, University La Sapienza-Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy. caglioti.luciano@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caglioti
authors.forename: Orsolya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Holczknecht
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zucchi
authors.forename: Gyula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palyi
mesh_terms: D001256:Astronomy / Q000379:methods; D018559:Exobiology / Q000379:methods*; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism