Bioinformatics and the discovery of novel anti-microbial targets

Current Drug Targets - Infectious Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 279-290

  Volker, Craig ^a   Brown, James R ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti microbial; Bacteria; Bioinformatics; Drug discovery; Evolutionary biology; FabH,etoacyl ACP synthase III; Genomics; Malaria; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DNA POLYMERASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOINFORMATICS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EUKARYOTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALARIA; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DRUG DESIGN; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0036452645     PISSN: 15680053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1568005023342326     Document Type: Review

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