Cloud infrastructures for in silico drug discovery: Economic and practical aspects

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  D'Agostino, Daniele ^a   Clematis, Andrea ^a   Quarati, Alfonso ^a   Cesini, Daniele ^b   Chiappori, Federica ^a   Milanesi, Luciano ^a   Merelli, Ivan ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER MODEL; COST; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SCREENING; SIMULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS;

EID: 84884883499     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/138012     Document Type: Article

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