Optimized Virtual Screening Workflow for the Identification of Novel G-Quadruplex Ligands

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 484-500

  Kaserer, Teresa ^a   Rigo, Riccardo ^b   Schuster, Philipp ^a   Alcaro, Stefano ^c   Sissi, Claudia ^b   Schuster, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL TESTING; DNA SECONDARY STRUCTURES; G-QUADRUPLEXES; IN-VITRO ANALYSIS; REFERENCE COMPOUNDS; STABILIZING PROPERTIES; VIRTUAL SCREENING;

LIGANDS;

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; LIGAND;

FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; WORKFLOW;

FLUORESCENCE; G-QUADRUPLEXES; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84962406580     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.5b00658     Document Type: Article

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