Epigenetic Drug Discovery: Targeting DNA Methyltransferases

SLAS Discovery - Tập 17 Số 1 - Trang 2-17 - 2012
Jason M. Foulks1, K. Mark Parnell, Rebecca N. Nix, Suzanna Chau, K. Świerczek, Michael Saunders, Kevin M. Wright, Thomas F. Hendrickson, Koc-Kan Ho, Michael V. McCullar, Steven B. Kanner
1Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84109, USA. [email protected]

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