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The role of molecular diversity in the design of combinatorial libraries is discussed with respect to the strategic issues that arise from the sheer numerical scale of combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput screening, and the issues that arise when applying binding site information to the design process. A method for the analysis of binding sites, that can be used to explore the common features and the differences between a set of related binding sites, is presented. The method is applied to the analysis of nucleotide binding sites.
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Smith, J., Dean, P.M., Lewis, R.A. (2002). Issues in Molecular Diversity and the Role of Ligand Binding Sites. In: Dean, P.M., Lewis, R.A. (eds) Molecular Diversity in Drug Design. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46873-5_1
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