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Current Computer-Aided Drug Design

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1573-4099
ISSN (Online): 1875-6697

Editorial

A Physical Theory of Sleep Involving Nitrogen Nanobubbles and Proton Hopping

Author(s): Subhash C. Basak and Lemont B. Kier

Volume 15, Issue 1, 2019

Page: [3 - 5] Pages: 3

DOI: 10.2174/157340991501181214103920

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Basak, S.; Kier, L.B. Delving into the fundamental aspects of the drug-receptor interaction. Curr. Computeraided Drug Des., 2017, 13, 87-88.

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