Bioinformatics Techniques for Drug Discovery

The application of bioinformatics approaches in drug design involves an interdisciplinary array of sophisticated techniques and software tools to elucidate hidden or complex biological data. This work reviews the latest bioinformatics approaches used for drug discovery. The text covers ligand-based and structure-based approaches for computer-aided drug design, 3D pharmacophore modeling, molecular dynamics simulation, the thermodynamics of ligandreceptor and ligandenzyme association, thermodynamic characterization and optimization, and techniques for computational genomics and proteomics.

Reviews new trends in drug discovery Describes the application of computer science techniques to medical data Discusses the use of health informatics in the development of new lead compounds?

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Brief Introduction.- Ligand-Based Approaches for Drug Design Using Computational Techniques.- Structure-Based Approaches for Drug Design Using Computational Technique.- Three-Dimensional Pharmacophore Modeling-Based Drug Design Using Computational Techniques.- Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approaches to Investigate the Dynamic Behavior of a System Through the Application of Newtonian Mechanics.- Receptor Thermodynamics of LigandReceptor and LigandEnzyme Association.- Thermodynamics Cycles and Their Application in Protein Targets.- Genomics and Proteomics Using Computational Biology.