A Synthetic Biology Project - Developing a single-molecule device for screening drug-target interactions

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2157-2163

  Firman, Keith ^a   Evans, Luke ^a   Youell, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA modifying enzyme; Drug target interaction; Magnetoresistive device; Molecular motor; Single molecule sensor

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; HELICASE; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOSENSOR; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

DNA HELICASES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MAGNETS; PLASMODIUM; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84863607972     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.01.057     Document Type: Review

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