Development of Inhibitors against TraR Quorum-Sensing System in Agrobacterium tumefaciens by Molecular Modeling of the Ligand-Receptor Interaction
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Kim, Cheoljin
(Department of Chemistry, Princeton University)
Kim, Jaeeun (Environment Group, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics Co.) Park, Hyung-Yeon (Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Science, Inha University) Park, Hee-Jin (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, World Class University (WCU) Program of Chemical Convergence for Energy and Environment, College of Engineering, Seoul National University) Kim, Chan Kyung (Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Science, Inha University) Yoon, Jeyong (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, World Class University (WCU) Program of Chemical Convergence for Energy and Environment, College of Engineering, Seoul National University) Lee, Joon-Hee (Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University) |
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