Creating small-molecule-dependent switches to modulate biological functions

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-161

  Buskirk, Allen R ^a   Liu, David R ^b  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14144254396     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2004.11.012     Document Type: Review

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