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Iain R Greig1, Emmanuel Coste, Stuart H Ralston

  • 1School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom. i.greig@abdn.ac.uk

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
|August 10, 2010
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