Abstract
The fear of biological warfare agents (BWA) use by terrorists is the major concern of the security agencies and health authorities worldwide today. The non-existence of vaccines or drugs against most BWA and the possibility of genetic modified strains has turned the search for new drugs to a state of urgency. Fast in silico techniques are, therefore, perfect tools for this task once they can quickly provide structures of several new lead compounds for further experimental work. Here we try to present a mini-review on docking and molecular dynamics simulations studies applied to the drug design against the BWA Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis.
Keywords: Biological warfare agents, docking studies, molecular dynamic simulations.
Current Computer-Aided Drug Design
Title:Applications of Docking and Molecular Dynamic Studies on the Search for New Drugs Against the Biological Warfare Agents Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis
Volume: 9 Issue: 4
Author(s): Tanos Celmar Costa França, Ana Paula Guimarães, Wilian Augusto Cortopassi, Aline Alves Oliveira and Teodorico Castro Ramalho
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Keywords: Biological warfare agents, docking studies, molecular dynamic simulations.
Abstract: The fear of biological warfare agents (BWA) use by terrorists is the major concern of the security agencies and health authorities worldwide today. The non-existence of vaccines or drugs against most BWA and the possibility of genetic modified strains has turned the search for new drugs to a state of urgency. Fast in silico techniques are, therefore, perfect tools for this task once they can quickly provide structures of several new lead compounds for further experimental work. Here we try to present a mini-review on docking and molecular dynamics simulations studies applied to the drug design against the BWA Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis.
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França Celmar Costa Tanos, Guimarães Paula Ana, Cortopassi Augusto Wilian, Oliveira Alves Aline and Ramalho Castro Teodorico, Applications of Docking and Molecular Dynamic Studies on the Search for New Drugs Against the Biological Warfare Agents Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis, Current Computer-Aided Drug Design 2013; 9 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/15734099113099990033
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/15734099113099990033 |
Print ISSN 1573-4099 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6697 |
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