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Alberto Massarotti1, Antonio Coluccia2, Giovanni Sorba1
1Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Alimentari, Farmaceutiche e Farmacologiche, Drug and Food Biotechnology Center, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro Via Bovio 6, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Abstract:
Computer-aided drug design techniques have become an integral part of the drug discovery process. In particular, de novo methodologies can be useful to identify putative ligands for a specific target relying only on the structural information of the target itself. Here we discuss the basic de novo approaches available and their application in antiviral drug design.:
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