Target Identification

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Contents 1 Target Identifiaction 1.1 Disease Mechanism 1.2 Disease Genes 1.3 Target Type and ‘Drugability’ 1.4 Functional Genomics

Target Identifiaction

Target identification is the phenomenon of identifying the molecule where a drug molecule can bind.eg. enzyme etc.Generallythe target molecule is can be two types.

1. Established Target
2. New Target

Established Target molecule are those for which there is good scientific understanding and have

Disease Mechanism

Disease Genes

Target Type and ‘Drugability’

Functional Genomics