A protein-templated selection approach has been developed for the discovery of full ligands from dual-pharmacophore DNA-encoded libraries by incorporating fragment linking into the selection process. The performance of this method was demonstrated with selections against protein–protein interaction and protein–DNA interaction targets, through which potent and selective inhibitors were identified.
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A protein-templated selection approach for the identification of full ligands from DNA-encoded libraries. Nat. Chem. 16, 487–488 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-024-01441-z
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