Thinking combinatorially

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 256-259

  Kauffman, Stuart ^a   Ellington, Andrew D ^b  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; CHEMICAL COMPOUND;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033152826     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)80040-4     Document Type: Article

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