Modeling of the interaction between new ethidium derivatives and TAR RNA of HIV-1

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 413-419

  Terreux, R ^a   Cabrol Bass, D ^a   Peytou, V ^a   Condom, R ^a   Guedj, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHIDIUM; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANS ACTIVATION RESPONSIVE RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATION RESPONSIVE RNA-BINDING PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DRUG DESIGN; ETHIDIUM; HIV-1; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033091309     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci980094k     Document Type: Article

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