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Research Articles

Deciphering the mechanism behind the varied binding activities of COXIBs through Molecular Dynamic Simulations, MM-PBSA binding energy calculations and per-residue energy decomposition studies

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Pages 868-882 | Received 24 Sep 2015, Accepted 10 Mar 2016, Published online: 04 Apr 2016

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