A combinatorial method to enable detailed investigation of protein-protein interactions

Future Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-282

  Maclagan, Kate ^a   Tommasi, Rita ^b   Laurine, Emmanuelle ^b   Prodromou, Chrisostomos ^b,c   Driscoll, Paul C ^a,b   Pearl, Laurence H ^b,c   Reich, Stefanie ^b   Savva, Renos ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Domainex Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CHAPERONINS; DRUG DISCOVERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 79953240780     PISSN: 17568919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/fmc.10.289     Document Type: Article

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