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Akcay, G., Belmonte, M.A., Aquila, B., Chuaqui, C. et al. (2016) Inhibition of Mcl-1 through covalent modification of a noncatalytic lysine side chain. Nat. Chem. Biol. 12, 931-936.
Pelay-Gimeno, M., A. Glas, O. Koch & T. N. Grossmann (2015) Structure-Based Design of Inhibitors of Protein–Protein Interactions: Mimicking Peptide Binding Epitopes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 8896-8927.
Arkin, M. R., Tang, Y. & Wells, J.A. (2014) Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Protein-Protein Interactions: Progressing toward the Reality. Chem. Biol. 21, 1102-1114.
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Oltersdorf, T., Elmore, S.W., Shoemaker, A.R., Armstrong, R.C., Augeri, D.J., Belli, B.A., et al. (2005) An inhibitor of Bcl-2 family proteins induces regression of solid tumours. Nature 435, 677-681.
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