The T-Taxol conformation

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2478-2488

  Alcaraz, Ana A ^a   Mehta, Anil K ^a   Johnson, Scott A ^a   Snyder, James P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCETAXEL; NONATAXEL; PACLITAXEL; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; LIGAND BINDING; SOLID STATE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TAXOIDS; TUBULIN;

EID: 33646116076     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm051119r     Document Type: Article

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