PocketPicker: Analysis of ligand binding-sites with shape descriptors

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Weisel, Martin ^a   Proschak, Ewgenij ^a   Schneider, Gisbert ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 34547341277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-1-7     Document Type: Review

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