Advances in the computational development of DNA methyltransferase inhibitors

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 16, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 418-425

  Medina Franco, José L ^a   Caulfield, Thomas ^a  

^a TORREY PINES INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; AZACITIDINE; CAFFEIC ACID; CURCUMIN; DAIDZEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLUCYTOSINE DEOXYRIBOSIDE; GENISTEIN; HYDRALAZINE; MAHANINE; MG 98; MITHRAMYCIN A; MITOXANTRONE; N PHTHALOYLTRYPTOPHAN; NANAOMYCIN A; NSC 14778; NSC 319745; PARTHENOLIDE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROCAINE; PSAMMAPLIN A; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SGI 1027; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBULARINE;

CALCULATION; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DOCKING; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DISCOVERY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LIBRARIES, DIGITAL;

EID: 79955983980     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: 18785832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2011.02.003     Document Type: Review

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