Fragment Descriptors in Structure–Property Modeling and Virtual Screening

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 672, Issue , 2011, Pages 213-243

  Varnek, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Filtering; Fragment descriptors; Fragmental approach; In silico design; QSAR; QSPR; Similarity; Virtual screening

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODEL; FILTRATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REVIEW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79952115368     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-839-3_9     Document Type: Chapter

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