Exploring chemical space for drug discovery using the chemical universe database

ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 649-657

  Reymond, Jean Louis ^a   Awale, Mahendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; chemical space; databases; docking; glutamate; virtual screening

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

CHEMICAL SPACE SCREENING; CHEMICAL UNIVERSE GENERATED DATABASE; DATA BASE; DRUG SCREENING; HYDROGEN BOND; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, CHEMICAL; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; LIGANDS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84866355546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cn3000422     Document Type: Review

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