First Multitarget Chemo-Bioinformatic Model to Enable the Discovery of Antibacterial Peptides against Multiple Gram-Positive Pathogens

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 588-598

  Speck Planche, Alejandro ^a,b   Kleandrova, Valeria V ^c   Ruso, Juan M ^a   Cordeiro, M N D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; FORECASTING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PEPTIDES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL PEPTIDES; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; GRAM-POSITIVE PATHOGENS; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE;

BIOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84962418526     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.5b00630     Document Type: Article

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