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Bioimpacts. 2018;8(3): 201-209. doi: 10.15171/bi.2018.23
PMID: 30211080        PMCID: PMC6128976

Original Research

In silico identification of albendazole as a quorum sensing inhibitor and its in vitro verification using CviR and LasB receptors based assay systems

Shaminder Singh 1,2 * , Sonam Bhatia 3

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