A model for the taxol (paclitaxel)/epothilone pharmacophore

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 2963-2966

  Winkler, Jeffrey D ^a   Axelsen, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EPOTHILONE; PACLITAXEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG DESIGN; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030591859     PISSN: 0960894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-894X(96)00555-0     Document Type: Article

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