Integrating computational protein function prediction into drug discovery initiatives

Drug Development Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-16

  Grant, Marianne A ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Drug discovery; Function prediction; Protein annotation; Structural comparison; Structural genomics

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG TARGETING; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS;

EID: 79951780684     PISSN: 02724391     EISSN: 10982299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddr.20397     Document Type: Review

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