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DRUG DESIGN [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-08-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Pharmacology
- Medication
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- drug design
1, record 1, English, drug%20design
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pharmacologie
- Médicaments
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- conception de médicaments
1, record 1, French, conception%20de%20m%C3%A9dicaments
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- drug design 2, record 1, French, drug%20design
anglicism, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Ensemble des processus nécessaires à l'élaboration d'un médicament. 1, record 1, French, - conception%20de%20m%C3%A9dicaments
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] le drug design. Il s'agit d'appliquer la modélisation moléculaire par ordinateur à la conception «rationnelle» de médicaments; ce qui offrirait aujourd'hui aux chercheurs la possibilité de créer ex nihilo des produits efficaces sans quitter leurs consoles informatiques. Il n'en est rien : le drug design [...] reste aujourd'hui un outil d'étude des interactions moléculaires au niveau des récepteurs cellulaires («serrures» qui contrôlent chacune un processus physiologique donné, et auxquelles correspondent des «molécules-clés» bien précises). 2, record 1, French, - conception%20de%20m%C3%A9dicaments
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Farmacología
- Medicamentos
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- diseño de fármacos
1, record 1, Spanish, dise%C3%B1o%20de%20f%C3%A1rmacos
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[Método] de encontrar medicamentos mediante diseños basados en sus acciones biológicas. 1, record 1, Spanish, - dise%C3%B1o%20de%20f%C3%A1rmacos
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