Chemoinformatics: A new name for an old problem?

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-383

  Hann, Mike ^a   Green, Richard ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LIBRARY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHARMACOPHORE; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033178896     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)80057-X     Document Type: Article

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