Combinatorial catalyst discovery

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-319

  Kuntz, Kevin W ^a   Snapper, Marc L ^a   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; EPOXIDE; IMINE; PALLADIUM COMPLEX;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYST; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033153433     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)80048-9     Document Type: Article

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