title: Retrospect and prospect of virtual screening in drug discovery.
abstract: We review the prominent technologies in virtual screening, and their applications in drug discovery.
authors.affiliation: 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc, 665 Stockton Drive, Exton, PA 19341, USA. huafeng.xu@3dp.com
authors.forename: Huafeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001331:Automation; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000187:drug effects; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D019295:Computational Biology; D015195:Drug Design; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands