Docking and Molecular Dynamics Calculations of Pyrrolidinone Analog MMK16 Bound to COX and LOX Enzymes

N Neophytou1,2, G Leonis3,4, N Stavrinoudakis1

  • 1Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zographou 15784, Athens, Greece.

Molecular Informatics
|July 29, 2016
PubMed

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