DOI: 10.1021/ci3001277. ZINC: A Free Tool to Discover Chemistry for Biology

ZINC: A Free Tool to Discover Chemistry for Biology

10.1021/ci3001277

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American Chemical Society (ACS)

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (316)

Bibliography

Irwin, J. J., Sterling, T., Mysinger, M. M., Bolstad, E. S., & Coleman, R. G. (2012). ZINC: A Free Tool to Discover Chemistry for Biology. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 52(7), 1757â1768.

Authors 5

John J. Irwin (first)
Teague Sterling (additional)
Michael M. Mysinger (additional)
Erin S. Bolstad (additional)
Ryan G. Coleman (additional)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	13 years, 3 months ago (May 15, 2012, 8:45 p.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 4 months ago (April 21, 2023, 11:56 p.m.)
Indexed	5 days, 22 hours ago (Aug. 31, 2025, 6:02 a.m.)
Issued	13 years, 2 months ago (June 15, 2012)
Published	13 years, 2 months ago (June 15, 2012)
Published Online	13 years, 2 months ago (June 15, 2012)
Published Print	13 years, 1 month ago (July 23, 2012)

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