Combinatorial chemistry in drug discovery

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2017, Pages 117-126

  Liu, Ruiwu ^a,b   Li, Xiaocen ^a,b   Lam, Kit S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; REVIEW; ANIMAL; HUMAN; PRECLINICAL STUDY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS;

EID: 85018447808     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.03.017     Document Type: Review

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