There are lots of different ways to look at the reach of an article. You can look at citations, Altmetric Attention Scores, awards, and more. One way to consider the influence of an article is just by looking at how many people chose to read it. To that end, we’ve compiled lists of the five […]

There are lots of different ways to look at the reach of an article. You can look at citations, Altmetric Attention Scores, awards, and more. One way to consider the influence of an article is just by looking at how many people chose to read it. To that end, we’ve compiled lists of the five most-read chemistry articles that appeared in each ACS Publications journal in 2016, including research, reviews, perspectives and editorial pieces. These lists were not chosen by the journal’s editors and should not be taken as a “best of” list for 2016, but rather as an interesting perspective on where the chemistry community allocated their attention over the past year.

Of course, certain factors such as publishing earlier in the year, being featured in a special issue or being made open access may influence which items appeared on this list. To that end, ACS Axial will be publishing monthly updates on the most read chemistry articles of 2017 all year long. Don’t see your favorite papers on the list? Feel free to share your picks in the comments below.

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ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Designing Biomaterials for 3D Printing
This article is part of the 3D Bioprinting special issue.

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2016, 2 (10), pp 1679–1693
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00121

3D Printing PDMS Elastomer in a Hydrophilic Support Bath via Freeform Reversible Embedding
This article is part of the 3D Bioprinting special issue.
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ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2016, 2 (10), pp 1781–1786
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00170

Liquid-like Solids Support Cells in 3D
This article is part of the 3D Bioprinting special issue.
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ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2016, 2 (10), pp 1787–1795
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00218

Critical Length of PEG Grafts on lPEI/DNA Nanoparticles for Efficient in Vivo Delivery
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ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2016, 2 (4), pp 567–578
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00551

Polymeric Biomaterials for Medical Implants and Devices

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2016, 2 (4), pp 454–472
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00429

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Cobalt-Catalyzed C–H Activation

ACS Catal., 2016, 6 (2), pp 498–525
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b02344

Toward Benchmarking in Catalysis Science: Best Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities
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ACS Catal., 2016, 6 (4), pp 2590–2602
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b00183

Metal-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Organic (Pseudo)halides with CO2

ACS Catal., 2016, 6 (10), pp 6739–6749
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b02124

Catalytic Methods for Aromatic C–H Amination: An Ideal Strategy for Nitrogen-Based Functional Molecules

ACS Catal., 2016, 6 (2), pp 610–633
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b02417

Development of MOF-Derived Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Efficient Catalysis

ACS Catal., 2016, 6 (9), pp 5887–5903
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b01222
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ACS Central Science

Catalytic Oxidation of Methane into Methanol over Copper-Exchanged Zeolites with Oxygen at Low Temperature
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ACS Cent. Sci., 2016, 2 (6), pp 424–429
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00139

Achieving Gender Balance in the Chemistry Professoriate Is Not Rocket Science
(Open Access Through ACS AuthorChoice)
ACS Cent. Sci., 2016, 2 (4), pp 181–182
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00102

Open Source Drug Discovery: Highly Potent Antimalarial Compounds Derived from the Tres Cantos Arylpyrroles
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ACS Cent. Sci., 2016, 2 (10), pp 687–701
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00086

Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry: An Enabling and Innately Sustainable Method
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ACS Cent. Sci., 2016, 2 (5), pp 302–308
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00091

Neural Networks for the Prediction of Organic Chemistry Reactions
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ACS Cent. Sci., 2016, 2 (10), pp 725–732
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00219
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Ligand Discovery for a Peptide-Binding GPCR by Structure-Based Screening of Fragment- and Lead-Like Chemical Libraries

ACS Chem. Biol., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00646

Strategies and Approaches of Targeting STAT3 for Cancer Treatment

ACS Chem. Biol., 2016, 11 (2), pp 308–318
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.5b00945

Chemical and Biophysical Modulation of Cas9 for Tunable Genome Engineering

ACS Chem. Biol., 2016, 11 (3), pp 681–688
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.5b01019

A Potent d-Protein Antagonist of VEGF-A is Nonimmunogenic, Metabolically Stable, and Longer-Circulating in Vivo

ACS Chem. Biol., 2016, 11 (4), pp 1058–1065
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.5b01006

Why Nature Chose Selenium

ACS Chem. Biol., 2016, 11 (4), pp 821–841
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00031
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Lost in Translation: The Death of Basic Science
ACS Chem. Neurosci., 2016, 7 (8), pp 1024–1024
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00206

Central Nervous System Multiparameter Optimization Desirability: Application in Drug Discovery
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Serotonergic Modulation as Effective Treatment for Dravet Syndrome in a Zebrafish Mutant Model
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ACS Chem. Neurosci., 2016, 7 (5), pp 588–598
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00342

Single-Molecule Imaging of Individual Amyloid Protein Aggregates in Human Biofluids

The Critical Role of Organic Chemistry in Drug Discovery

ACS Chem. Neurosci., 2016, 7 (10), pp 1315–1316
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00280
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ACS Infectious Diseases

Zika Virus: Diagnosis, Therapeutics, and Vaccine
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ACS Infect. Dis., 2016, 2 (3), pp 170–172
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.6b00030

Zika Virus Genomic RNA Possesses Conserved G-Quadruplexes Characteristic of the Flaviviridae Family
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ACS Infect. Dis., 2016, 2 (10), pp 674–681
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.6b00109

Dipeptide-Based Metabolic Labeling of Bacterial Cells for Endogenous Antibody Recruitment
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ACS Infect. Dis., 2016, 2 (4), pp 302–309
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.6b00007

A Small-Molecule Screening Platform for the Discovery of Inhibitors of Undecaprenyl Diphosphate Synthase
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ACS Infect. Dis., 2016, 2 (7), pp 489–499
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.6b00044

De Novo Sequencing and Resurrection of a Human Astrovirus-Neutralizing Antibody
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ACS Infect. Dis., 2016, 2 (5), pp 313–321
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.6b00026

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ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Discovery of Clinical Development Candidate GDC-0084, a Brain Penetrant Inhibitor of PI3K and mTOR
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ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2016, 7 (4), pp 351–356
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00005

Hope and Disappointment: Covalent Inhibitors to Overcome Drug Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2016, 7 (1), pp 2–5
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5b00475

Optimization of Tubulysin Antibody–Drug Conjugates: A Case Study in Addressing ADC Metabolism
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ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2016, 7 (11), pp 977–982
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00195

High Drug Prices Hurt Everyone

ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2016, 7 (6), pp 544–546
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00139

GSK6853, a Chemical Probe for Inhibition of the BRPF1 Bromodomain
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ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2016, 7 (6), pp 552–557
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00092
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ACS Synthetic Biology

Synthetic RNA Polymerase III Promoters Facilitate High-Efficiency CRISPR–Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing in Yarrowia lipolytica
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ACS Synth. Biol., 2016, 5 (4), pp 356–359
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.5b00162

Corynebacterium glutamicum Metabolic Engineering with CRISPR Interference (CRISPRi)
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ACS Synth. Biol., 2016, 5 (5), pp 375–385
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.5b00216

Rapid and Efficient One-Step Metabolic Pathway Integration in E. coli

ACS Synth. Biol., 2016, 5 (7), pp 561–568
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.5b00187

Cell–Cell Communication in Yeast Using Auxin Biosynthesis and Auxin Responsive CRISPR Transcription Factors

ACS Synth. Biol., 2016, 5 (4), pp 279–286
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.5b00064

Multiple Gene Repression in Cyanobacteria Using CRISPRi

ACS Synth. Biol., 2016, 5 (3), pp 207–212
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.5b00264

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On the Temperature Dependence of Enzyme-Catalyzed Rates
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Biochemistry, 2016, 55 (12), pp 1681–1688
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b01094

A Soluble, Folded Protein without Charged Amino Acid Residues
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Biochemistry, 2016, 55 (28), pp 3949–3956
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00269

PRC2 and SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Health and Disease
This article is part of the Epigenetics special issue.

Biochemistry, 2016, 55 (11), pp 1600–1614
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b01191

Discovery and Mechanism of Highly Efficient Cyclic Cell-Penetrating Peptides

Biochemistry, 2016, 55 (18), pp 2601–2612
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00226

Biochemical Methods To Investigate lncRNA and the Influence of lncRNA:Protein Complexes on Chromatin
This article is part of the Epigenetics special issue.

Biochemistry, 2016, 55 (11), pp 1615–1630
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b01141
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Simple Method To Prepare Oligonucleotide-Conjugated Antibodies and Its Application in Multiplex Protein Detection in Single Cells
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Bioconjugate Chem., 2016, 27 (1), pp 217–225
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00613

Microwave-Triggered Smart Drug Release from Liposomes Co-encapsulating Doxorubicin and Salt for Local Combined Hyperthermia and Chemotherapy of Cancer
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Bioconjugate Chem., 2016, 27 (12), pp 2931–2942
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00603

18F-Based Pretargeted PET Imaging Based on Bioorthogonal Diels–Alder Click Chemistry
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Bioconjugate Chem., 2016, 27 (2), pp 298–301
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00504

New Chelators for Low Temperature Al18F-Labeling of Biomolecules
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Bioconjugate Chem., 2016, 27 (3), pp 790–798
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00012

NanoLuc: A Small Luciferase Is Brightening Up the Field of Bioluminescence

Bioconjugate Chem., 2016, 27 (5), pp 1175–1187
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00112

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Optically Transparent Wood from a Nanoporous Cellulosic Template: Combining Functional and Structural Performance
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Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17 (4), pp 1358–1364
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b00145

Biomimetic Polymers for Cardiac Tissue Engineering
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Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17 (5), pp 1593–1601
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b01734

Click Chemistry in Biomaterials, Nanomedicine, and Drug Delivery
Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17 (1), pp 1–3
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b01660

Thermoresponsive Delivery of Paclitaxel by β-Cyclodextrin-Based Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Star Polymer via Inclusion Complexation
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Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17 (12), pp 3957–3963
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b01344

Thermodynamic Presynthetic Considerations for Ring-Opening Polymerization

Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17 (3), pp 699–709
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b01698

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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Determination of Glyphosate Levels in Breast Milk Samples from Germany by LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS
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J. Agric. Food Chem., 2016, 64 (6), pp 1414–1421
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05852

Antioxidant Mechanism of Betaine without Free Radical Scavenging Ability
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J. Agric. Food Chem., 2016, 64 (42), pp 7921–7930
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b03592

Nanoencapsulation, Nano-guard for Pesticides: A New Window for Safe Application

J. Agric. Food Chem., 2016, 64 (7), pp 1447–1483
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05214

Sulfoglucosides as Novel Modified Forms of the Mycotoxins Alternariol and Alternariol Monomethyl Ether
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J. Agric. Food Chem., 2016, 64 (46), pp 8892–8901
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b03120

Global Adoption of Genetically Modified (GM) Crops: Challenges for the Public Sector

J. Agric. Food Chem., 2016, 64 (2), pp 394–402
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05116

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Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

CHARMM-GUI Input Generator for NAMD, GROMACS, AMBER, OpenMM, and CHARMM/OpenMM Simulations Using the CHARMM36 Additive Force Field
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Demonstrating an Order-of-Magnitude Sampling Enhancement in Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Complex Protein Systems

A Practical Guide to Density Matrix Embedding Theory in Quantum Chemistry
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J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2016, 12 (6), pp 2706–2719
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00316

OPLS3: A Force Field Providing Broad Coverage of Drug-like Small Molecules and Proteins

Black-Box Description of Electron Correlation with the Spin-Extended Configuration Interaction Model: Implementation and Assessment

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Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Novel Cephalosporins Selectively Active on Nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Analysis of Past and Present Synthetic Methodologies on Medicinal Chemistry: Where Have All the New Reactions Gone?
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AXL Inhibitors in Cancer: A Medicinal Chemistry Perspective

The Medicinal Chemistry of Dengue Virus
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A Real-World Perspective on Molecular Design
This article is part of the Computational Methods for Medicinal Chemistry special issue.

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Natural Products as Sources of New Drugs from 1981 to 2014
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J. Nat. Prod., 2016, 79 (3), pp 629–661
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b01055

Affinity Crystallography: A New Approach to Extracting High-Affinity Enzyme Inhibitors from Natural Extracts
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J. Nat. Prod., 2016, 79 (8), pp 1962–1970
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00215

Feeling Nature’s PAINS: Natural Products, Natural Product Drugs, and Pan Assay Interference Compounds (PAINS)
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J. Nat. Prod., 2016, 79 (3), pp 616–628
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00947

LC-MS- and 1H NMR-Based Metabolomic Analysis and in Vitro Toxicological Assessment of 43 Aristolochia Species
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J. Nat. Prod., 2016, 79 (1), pp 30–37
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00556

Chemodiversity of Ladder-Frame Prymnesin Polyethers in Prymnesium parvum
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J. Nat. Prod., 2016, 79 (9), pp 2250–2256
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00345
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Molecular Modeling of Water Interfaces: From Molecular Spectroscopy to Thermodynamics
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Statistical Analyses of Hydrophobic Interactions: A Mini-Review
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Exploring the Dependence of QM/MM Calculations of Enzyme Catalysis on the Size of the QM Region
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How Large Should the QM Region Be in QM/MM Calculations? The Case of Catechol O-Methyltransferase
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Advanced Potential Energy Surfaces for Molecular Simulation

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Cesium Lead Halide Perovskites with Improved Stability for Tandem Solar Cells

Surface- and Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Catalysis
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Efficient Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell with Cell Area >1 cm2

Origin of J–V Hysteresis in Perovskite Solar Cells

Lead-Free Halide Double Perovskites via Heterovalent Substitution of Noble Metals

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Journal of Proteome Research

Proteomics Quality Control: Quality Control Software for MaxQuant Results
This article is part of the Large-Scale Computational Mass Spectrometry and Multi-Omics special issue.
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J. Proteome Res., 2016, 15 (3), pp 777–787
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00780

Unbiased Metabolomic Investigation of Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Points to Dysregulation of Mitochondrial Aspartate Metabolism
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J. Proteome Res., 2016, 15 (2), pp 608–618
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b01020

A Proteomics Approach to the Protein Normalization Problem: Selection of Unvarying Proteins for MS-Based Proteomics and Western Blotting
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J. Proteome Res., 2016, 15 (7), pp 2321–2326
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00403

Accounting for the Multiple Natures of Missing Values in Label-Free Quantitative Proteomics Data Sets to Compare Imputation Strategies
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J. Proteome Res., 2016, 15 (4), pp 1116–1125
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00981

moCluster: Identifying Joint Patterns Across Multiple Omics Data Sets
This article is part of the Large-Scale Computational Mass Spectrometry and Multi-Omics special issue.
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J. Proteome Res., 2016, 15 (3), pp 755–765
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00824
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Molecular Pharmaceutics

Deep Learning Applications for Predicting Pharmacological Properties of Drugs and Drug Repurposing Using Transcriptomic Data
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Applications of Deep Learning in Biomedicine

In Vitro and in Vivo Characterization of MOD-4023, a Long-Acting Carboxy-Terminal Peptide (CTP)-Modified Human Growth Hormone
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Light Control of Insulin Release and Blood Glucose Using an Injectable Photoactivated Depot
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Molecular Imaging of Pancreatic Cancer with Antibodies
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