Using ChEMBL web services for building applications and data processing workflows relevant to drug discovery

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 757-767

  Nowotka, Michał M ^a   Gaulton, Anna ^a   Mendez, David ^a   Bento, A Patricia ^a   Hersey, Anne ^a   Leach, Andrew ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

Author keywords

API; ChEMBL; KNIME; Luigi; pipeline; Python; REST; service; Slack; workflow

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; DRUG DATABASE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFTWARE; WORKFLOW; CHEMICAL DATABASE; CHEMISTRY; CLOUD COMPUTING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

DRUG;

CLOUD COMPUTING; DATABASES, CHEMICAL; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85023177336     PISSN: 17460441     EISSN: 1746045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2017.1339032     Document Type: Review

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