Assessment of structural diversity in combinatorial synthesis

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 304-309

  Fergus, Suzanne ^a   Bender, Andreas ^a   Spring, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; DRUG DESIGN; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; DRUG DESIGN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 20444383539     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.03.004     Document Type: Review

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