The Chemical Space Project

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 722-730

  Reymond, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84925393362     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar500432k     Document Type: Article

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