Structural characterization of the molecular dimer of the peptide antibiotic vancomycin by distance geometry in four spatial dimensions

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1044-1047

  Grdadolnik, Simona Golič ^a,b   Mierke, Dale F ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATION; NOMENCLATURE;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SOFTWARE; TERMINOLOGY; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0031262816     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci970233i     Document Type: Article

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