Identification of potential drug targets of Leishmania infantum by in-silico genome analysis

Letters in Drug Design and Discovery

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 620-622

  Suthar, Neeraj ^a   Goyal, Arun ^a   Dubey, Vikash Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Antileishmanial drugs; Drug targets; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROLASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOSIDE HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70349221053     PISSN: 15701808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157018009789353491     Document Type: Article

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