The electronic structure of human erythropoietin as an aid in the design of oxidation-resistant therapeutic proteins

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 587-591

  Pichierri, Fabio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anemia; Computational chemistry; Erythropoietin; Protein based therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIPOLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

DRUG DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 29544452805     PISSN: 0960894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.10.041     Document Type: Article

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