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A New Assay Based on Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer to Determine the Binding Affinity of Bcl-xL Inhibitors

Yu FENGDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Xu SHENDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences;School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology
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Kaixian CHENCenter for Drug Design and Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Hualiang JIANGCenter for Drug Design and Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences;School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology
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Dongxiang LIUDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pages 1936-1939 | Received 09 Nov 2007, Accepted 01 Apr 2008, Published online: 22 May 2014

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