The exploration of macrocycles for drug discovery — an underexploited structural class
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Driggers, E. M., Hale, S. P., Lee, J., & Terrett, N. K. (2008). The exploration of macrocycles for drug discovery — an underexploited structural class. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 7(7), 608–624.

Authors 4
  1. Edward M. Driggers (first)
  2. Stephen P. Hale (additional)
  3. Jinbo Lee (additional)
  4. Nicholas K. Terrett (additional)
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@article{Driggers_2008, title={The exploration of macrocycles for drug discovery — an underexploited structural class}, volume={7}, ISSN={1474-1784}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrd2590}, DOI={10.1038/nrd2590}, number={7}, journal={Nature Reviews Drug Discovery}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Driggers, Edward M. and Hale, Stephen P. and Lee, Jinbo and Terrett, Nicholas K.}, year={2008}, month=jul, pages={608–624} }