New-target enzyme(s) for bisphosphonates: Inhibition of geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-117

  Oberhauser, Vitus ^a,b   Gaudin, John ^a   Fonné Pfister, Raymonde ^a   Schär, Hans Peter ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0031903193     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pest.1998.2325     Document Type: Article

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