Modeling

Bioinformatics: perspectives for the future

Lda Fontour Costa, Bioinformatics: perspectives for the future, vol. 3. pp. 564-574, 2004.

I give here a very personal perspective of Bioinformatics and its future, starting by discussing the origin of the term (and area) of bioinformatics and proceeding by trying to foresee the development of related issues, including pattern recognition/data mining, the need to reintegrate biology, the potential of complex networks as a powerful and flexible framework for bioinformatics and the interplay between bio- and neuroinformatics. Human resource formation and market perspective are also addressed.

Using bradykinin-potentiating peptide structures to develop new antihypertensive drugs

J. Hernandez Fernandez, Neshich, G., and Camargo, A. Carlos M., Using bradykinin-potentiating peptide structures to develop new antihypertensive drugs, vol. 3, pp. 554-563, 2004.

Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) is a dipeptidyl-carboxypeptidase expressed in endothelial, epithelial and neuroepithelial cells. It is composed of two domains, known as N- and C-domains, and it is primarily involved in blood pressure regulation. Although the physiological functions of ACE are not limited to its cardiovascular role, it has been an attractive target for drug design due to its critical role in cardiovascular and renal disease.

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