Forward chemical genetics: Progress and obstacles on the path to a new pharmacopoeia

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Lokey, R Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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CHEMICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULE; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037305949     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00002-9     Document Type: Review

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