Combinatorial Domain Hunting: Solving problems in protein expression

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 15, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 461-467

  Littler, Eddy ^a  

^a Domainex Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DISCOVERY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 77954819629     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2010.03.010     Document Type: Review

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