Syntheses of discodermolides useful for investigating microtubule binding and stabilization

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 45, 1996, Pages 11054-11080

  Hung, Deborah T ^a   Nerenberg, Jennie B ^a   Schreiber, Stuart L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCODERMOLIDE; DISCODERMOLIDE DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029860912     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja961374o     Document Type: Article

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