Consensus modeling for HTS assays using in silico descriptors calculates the best balanced accuracy in Tox21 challenge

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2016, Pages

  Abdelaziz, Ahmed ^a,b   Spahn Langguth, Hilde ^c,d   Schramm, Karl Werner ^b,e   Tetko, Igor V ^e,f  

^a Rosettastein Consulting (UG)   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Proficiency Assessment   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f BigChem GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative testing; Computational toxicology; High throughput screening; Predictive toxicology; Quantitative structure activity relationship; Tox21

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063821675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2016.00002     Document Type: Article

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