Docking experiments showing similar recognition patterns of paclitaxel when interacting with different macromolecular targets

Farmaco

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 691-698

  Alcaro, Stefano ^a   Battaglia, Danilo ^a   Ortuso, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclodextrin; DNA; Docking; Paclitaxel; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; DNA; PACLITAXEL; TUBULIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141564731     PISSN: 0014827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-827X(03)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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