Proposal of a 3D peptide pharmacophore of muramyl dipeptide-type immunostimulants. 1. Conformational search of active and inactive analogues

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 971-976

  Pristovšek, Primož ^a   Kidrič, Jurka ^a   Hadži, Dušan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bioactive conformation; CCLUES; Conformational search; Muramyl peptides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010506201     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci9700081     Document Type: Article

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