Can we learn to distinguish between 'drug-like' and 'nondrug-like' molecules?

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3314-3324

  Ajay, ^a   Walters, W Patrick ^a   Murcko, Mark A ^a  

^a VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BAYES THEOREM; DATA BASE; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; MODEL; MOLECULE; PREDICTION;

BAYES THEOREM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG DESIGN; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 0032572819     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm970666c     Document Type: Article

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