Microsecond MD simulations of human CYP2D6 wild-type and five allelic variants reveal mechanistic insights on the

Charleen G Don1, Martin Smieško1

  • 1Molecular Modeling Group, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Plos One
|August 23, 2018
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