Discovery of Nanomolar DCAF1 Small Molecule Ligands

Li, Alice Shi Ming; Kimani, Serah; Wilson, Brian; Noureldin, Mahmoud; González-Álvarez, Héctor; Mamai, Ahmed; Hoffer, Laurent; Guilinger, John P.; Zhang, Ying; von Rechenberg, Moritz; Disch, Jeremy S.; Mulhern, Christopher J.; Slakman, Belinda L.; Cuozzo, John W.; Dong, Aiping; Poda, Gennady; Mohammed, Mohammed; Saraon, Punit; Mittal, Manish; Modh, Pratik; Rathod, Vaibhavi; Patel, Bhashant; Ackloo, Suzanne; Santhakumar, Vijayaratnam; Szewczyk, Magdalena M.; Barsyte-Lovejoy, Dalia; Arrowsmith, Cheryl H.; Marcellus, Richard; Guié, Marie-Aude; Keefe, Anthony D.; Brown, Peter J.; Halabelian, Levon; Al-awar, Rima; Vedadi, Masoud

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Discovery of Nanomolar DCAF1 Small Molecule Ligands

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Li, Alice Shi Ming, Kimani, Serah, Wilson, Brian, Noureldin, Mahmoud, González-Álvarez, Héctor, Mamai, Ahmed, Hoffer, Laurent, Guilinger, John P., Zhang, Ying, von Rechenberg, Moritz, Disch, Jeremy S., Mulhern, Christopher J., Slakman, Belinda L., Cuozzo, John W., Dong, Aiping, Poda, Gennady, Mohammed, Mohammed, Saraon, Punit, Mittal, Manish, Modh, Pratik, Rathod, Vaibhavi, Patel, Bhashant, Ackloo, Suzanne, Santhakumar, Vijayaratnam, Szewczyk, Magdalena M., Barsyte-Lovejoy, Dalia, Arrowsmith, Cheryl H., Marcellus, Richard, Guié, Marie-Aude, Keefe, Anthony D., Brown, Peter J., Halabelian, Levon, Al-awar, Rima, Vedadi, Masoud. 2023-03-22. Discovery of Nanomolar DCAF1 Small Molecule Ligands. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c02132

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