Modeling of mammalian olfactory receptors and docking of odorants

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-269

  Launay, Guillaume ^a   Sanz, Guenhaël ^b   Pajot Augy, Edith ^b   Gibrat, Jean François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INRA   (France)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

3D structure modeling; G protein coupled receptors; Homology modeling; Ligand docking; Virtual screening

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; RUMEX;

EID: 84873126314     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-012-0080-0     Document Type: Review

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