Drug discovery

EXAMPLE

Selection of HIV integrase inhibitors.

Novel virtual screening protocol based on the combined use of molecular modeling and electron-ion interaction potential techniques to design HIV-1 integrase inhibitors.
Tintori C, Manetti F, Veljkovic N, Perovic V, Vercammen J, Hayes S, Massa S, Witvrouw M, Debyser Z, Veljkovic V, Botta M. J Chem Inf Model. 2007;47(4):1536-1544.

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Toward novel HIV-1 integrase binding inhibitors: molecular modeling, synthesis, and biological studies.
Mugnaini C, Rajamaki S, Tintori C, Corelli F, Massa S, Witvrouw M, Debyser Z, Veljkovic V, Botta M. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2007;17(19):5370-5373.