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Signposts of Docking and Scoring in Drug Design
Author(s) -
Gani Osman A .B. S. M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
chemical biology and drug design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1747-0285
pISSN - 1747-0277
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2007.00571.x
Subject(s) - docking (animal) , multidisciplinary approach , computer science , computational biology , management science , engineering , biology , medicine , sociology , social science , nursing
Docking and scoring tools are often used in the early stages of drug discovery projects today. Because the language of this field of drug design often includes intermingled terms of physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine, the significant developments of docking and scoring are challenging to follow for non‐experts. In this Science Philosophy article, I attempt to clarify the concepts used in docking and scoring to help articulate the successes and limitations of this multidisciplinary field in more comprehensible manner.