Chemical-genetic approaches for exploring the mode of action of natural products

Progress in Drug Research

Volumn 66, Issue , 2008, Pages 237-271

  Lopez, Andres ^a   Parsons, Ainslie B ^a   Nislow, Corey ^a   Giaever, Guri ^a   Boone, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; CISPLATIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CYTOCHALASIN A; FLUCONAZOLE; GELDANAMYCIN; LANTHIOPEPTIN; LATRUNCULIN B; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NATURAL PRODUCT; NEOMYCIN; NYSTATIN; PAPUAMIDE B; RADICICOL; STAUROSPORINE; TUNICAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DIPLOIDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHARMACEUTICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG DESIGN; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 42949084786     PISSN: 0071786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-8595-8_5     Document Type: Review

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