Caterina Barillari1, Justine Taylor, Russell Viner

  • 1School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.

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研究者は,薬剤の設計を改善するために,タンパク質結合部位の水分を分析した. 保存された水分子は,移動されたものよりもより緊密に結合し,より良い薬剤開発のための標的リガンド設計を導く.

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