Flexible ligand docking to multiple receptor conformations: a practical alternative

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-184

  Totrov, Maxim ^a   Abagyan, Ruben ^b  

^a MOLSOFT LLC   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCKING PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRUG DESIGN; ENERGY; LIGAND BINDING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 41949132916     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.01.004     Document Type: Review

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