Many Approved Drugs Have Bioactive Analogs With Different Target Annotations
Journal Title: The AAPS Journal - Year 2014, Vol 16, Issue 4
Abstract
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Authors and Affiliations
Ye Hu, Eugen Lounkine, Jürgen Bajorath
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