Mitogen-activated protein kinase 4 of Leishmania parasite as a therapeutic target

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5662-5670

  Saravanan, Parameswaran ^a   Venkatesan, Santhosh K ^a   Mohan, C Gopi ^b   Patra, Sanjukta ^a   Dubey, Vikash Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Docking; Leishmania; Mitogen activated protein kinases; Motif; Virtual screening

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LIGANDS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 78649317687     PISSN: 02235234     EISSN: 17683254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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