Protein Binding Site Similarities as Driver for Drug Repositioning

Drug repositioning applies existing drugs to new disease indications. A prerequisite for drug repurposing is drug promiscuity - a drug's ability to bind to several targets, possibly leading to side effects on the other hand. One reason for drug promiscuity is binding site similarity between (ot...

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Main Author: Haupt, Joachim
Other Authors: Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Informatik
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden 2014
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-144517
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