Structural studies on a new crystal form of HIV reverse transcriptase
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Structural and Preclinical Studies of Computationally Designed Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors for Treating HIV infection.
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0108-7673
DOI: 10.1107/s0108767378095574