Virtual screening for potential inhibitors of homology modeled Leptospira interrogans MurD ligase

Journal of Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 175-187

  Umamaheswari, Amineni ^a   Pradhan, Dibyabhaba ^a   Hemanthkumar, Marisetty ^b  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (India)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; MurD inhibitors; Peptidoglycan biosynthesis; Virtual high throughput screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952297695     PISSN: 18646158     EISSN: 18646166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12154-010-0040-8     Document Type: Article

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