Editorial: Understanding ion channels using computational approaches

Future Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 697-701

  De Groot, Marcel J ^a  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

EID: 77953474633     PISSN: 17568919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/fmc.10.177     Document Type: Editorial

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