In-Silico nanobio-design. A new frontier in computational biology

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1537-1540

  Cachau, Raul E ^a   Gonzalez Nilo, Fernando D ^b   Ventura, Oscar N ^c   Fritts, Martin J ^a  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Biomolecule; Computational fluid dynamics; Nanobioparticles; Quantum mechanics molecular mechanics; Structure activity relationships

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; LIPID; NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; SUGAR;

BIOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER MODEL; DRUG DESIGN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANODEVICE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 35448973349     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156802607782194680     Document Type: Review

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