In silico design of tubulin-targeted antimitotic peptides

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 642-648

  Pieraccini, Stefano ^a   Saladino, Giorgio ^a   Cappelletti, Graziella ^a   Cartelli, Daniele ^a   Francescato, Pierangelo ^a   Speranza, Giovanna ^a   Manitto, Paolo ^a   Sironi, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; OLIGOPEPTIDE; TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMITOTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; TUBULIN;

EID: 70350444498     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.401     Document Type: Article

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