Biomolecular study of human thymidylate synthase conformer-selective inhibitors: New chemotherapeutic approach

Hala O El-Mesallamy1, Hekmat M El Magdoub2, James M Chapman3

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Sham University, Cairo, Egypt.

Plos One
|March 15, 2018
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