Homology modeling and docking studies on oxidosqualene cyclases associated with primary and secondary metabolism of centella asiatica

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kumar, Vadlapudi ^a   Kumar, Chethan S ^a   Hari, Gajula ^a   Venugopal, Nayana K ^a   Vijendra, Poornima D ^a   Giridhara, Basappa B ^a  

^a DAVANGERE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cycloartenol synthase; Docking studies; Oxidosqualene cyclases; Protein modeling; amyrin synthase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878796385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-189     Document Type: Article

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