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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel tetrahydrothieno [2,3-c]pyridine substitued benzoyl thiourea derivatives as PAK1 inhibitors in triple negative breast cancer

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Pages 1524-1538 | Received 02 Mar 2020, Accepted 10 Jul 2020, Published online: 04 Aug 2020

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