Confronting the challenges of natural product-based antifungal discovery

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-164

  Roemer, Terry ^a   Xu, Deming ^a,f   Singh, Sheo B ^b   Parish, Craig A ^b   Harris, Guy ^c   Wang, Hao ^a   Davies, Julian E ^d   Bills, Gerald F ^e  

^a MERCK FROSST CENTRE FOR THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH   (Canada)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Dynamic Extractions Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Fundación MEDINA Centro de Excelencia en Investigaciovn de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía   (Spain)

^f WUXI APPTEC   (China)

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EID: 79951826116     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2011.01.009     Document Type: Review

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