Molecular shape technologies in drug discovery: Methods and applications

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 669-679

  Ebalunode, Jerry O ^a   Zheng, Weifan ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; APOFERRITIN; ARYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4 ANTAGONIST; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE RECEPTOR 1; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IV;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN DATA BANK; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG DISCOVERY; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 77950876424     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156802610791111489     Document Type: Review

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