Recent advances in automated solid-phase carbohydrate synthesis: From screening to vaccines

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 521-525

  Plante, Obadiah J ^a   Seeberger, Peter H ^b,c  

^a Ancora Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automation; Carbohydrate chips; Carbohydrate based; Solid phase synthesis; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; MALARIA VACCINE; VACCINE;

AUTOMATION; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COVALENT BOND; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PURIFICATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING; SOLID; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; MICROCOMPUTERS; VACCINES;

EID: 0042029617     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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