Virtual screening of DNA minor groove binders

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4232-4238

  Evans, David A ^a,b   Neidle, Stephen ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA SCREENING;

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33745864845     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm0601957     Document Type: Article

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