Small molecules: the missing link in the central dogma

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作者
Schreiber, SL [1 ]
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[1] Harvard Univ, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Broad Inst, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[3] Harvard Univ, Dept Chem & Chem Biol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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10.1038/nchembio0705-64
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Small molecules have critical roles at all levels of biological complexity and yet remain orphans of the central dogma. Chemical biologists, working with small molecules, expand our understanding of these central elements of life.
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