Structural biology and drug discovery.
It has long been recognized that knowledge of the 3D structures of proteins has the potential to accelerate drug discovery, but recent developments in genome sequencing, robotics and bioinformatics have radically transformed the opportunities. Many new protein targets have been identified from genome analyses and studied by X-ray analysis or NMR spectroscopy. Structural biology has been instrumental in directing not only lead optimization and target identification, where it has well-established roles, but also lead discovery, now that high-throughput methods of structure determination can provide powerful approaches to screening.
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Miles
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Astex Technology, 436 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0QA, UK.
Murray
Christopher W
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Blundell
Tom L
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D015195:Drug Design; D006801:Humans; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends