Metabolic pathway analysis of S. Pneumoniae: An in silico approach towards drug-design

Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-153

  Singh, Shailza ^a,b   Malik, B K ^b   Sharma, D K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

KEGG; Metabolic pathways; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; GEMIFLOXACIN; LIPID; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEOME; VITAMIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC DATABASE; HOST; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIMATE; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

HOMO SAPIENS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34248180074     PISSN: 02197200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219720007002564     Document Type: Article

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