Protein-Protein Interactions as New Drug Targets

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Klussmann, Enno (Editor), Scott, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 186
• Subjects: Medicine.; Molecular biology.; Pharmacology.; Medical biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Cell Biology.; Medical Biochemistry.; Molecular Medicine.

Disease-relevant intracellular protein-protein interactions occurring at defined cellular sites possess great potential as drug targets. They permit highly specific pharmacological interference with defined cellular functions. Drugs targeting such interactions are likely to act with fewer side effec...