High-performance drug discovery: computational screening by combining docking and molecular dynamics simulations.

Virtual compound screening using molecular docking is widely used in the discovery of new lead compounds for drug design. However, this method is not completely reliable and therefore unsatisfactory. In this study, we used massive molecular dynamics simulations of protein-ligand conformations obtain...

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Main Authors: Noriaki Okimoto, Noriyuki Futatsugi, Hideyoshi Fuji, Atsushi Suenaga, Gentaro Morimoto, Ryoko Yanai, Yousuke Ohno, Tetsu Narumi, Makoto Taiji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2746282?pdf=render