Homology Modeling Informs Ligand Discovery for the Glutamine Transporter ASCT2
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Chemistry
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2296-2646
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00279