Chemical similarity using geometric atom pair descriptors

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 128-136

  Sheridan, Robert P ^a   Miller, Michael D ^b   Underwood, Dennis J ^b   Kearsley, Simon K ^b  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3D descriptors; Atom pairs; Derwent Standard Drug File; Property descriptors; Similarity searching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001639610     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci950275b     Document Type: Article

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