Antimicrobial peptides QSAR studies

QEKIRVRLSA antimicrobial peptide, 26 799-800 Qiana, 19 764 QikProp, 6 18 Qinghai Lake, 5 784 Q parameter, impeller, 16 676 QSAR analysis, 10 327t, 328-329. See also Quantitative structure—activity relationship (QSAR) studies 3D QSAR models... 

A QSAR seeks to relate quantitative properties (descriptors) of a compound with other properties such as drug-like activity or toxicity. The essential assumption of QSAR is that quantities that can be conveniently measured or calculated for a compound can be used to accurately predict another property of interest (e.g., antibacterial activity) in a nontrivial way. QSAR has become an integral part of screening programs in pharmaceutical drug-discovery pipelines of small compounds and more recently in toxicological studies (69). However, the use of QSAR modeling applied to the search for antimicrobial peptides is relatively recent. Advances in this area are reviewed in brief here. 

QSAR Descriptors Used for Antimicrobial Peptide Studies... 

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