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Use of surface charges from DFT calculations to predict intestinal absorption

Ron Jones1, Paul C Connolly, Andreas Klamt

  • 1Strategic Technologies, Pharmacy Division, GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development, South Eden Park Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3BS, UK. ron.6.jones@gsk.com

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
|September 27, 2005
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