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Themed Issue: Perspectives from Academic Drug Discovery Conference (Cambridge, UK) – Editorials

Unlocking the Potential of Chemical Probes for Methyl-Lysine Reader Proteins

Stephen V Frye1 Division of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Integrative Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, 125 Mason Farm Road, 3012 Marsico Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC27599-7363, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1831-1833 | Published online: 22 Sep 2015

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