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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1999
Ernesto Freire, Baltimore, MD (US);
Matthew J. Todd, Newark, DE (US);
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of rapidly screening ligands on the basis of their binding affinity and binding enthalpy by carrying out binding assays at a minimum of two temperatures. This technique permits the selection for further optimization of lead ligands that bind to the target molecules with favorable enthalpies. Those ligands will exhibit higher solubilities in aqueous solution than ligands selected by conventional means, and may exhibit lower susceptibilities to resistant mutations. The method may be utilized as a standalone technique, or may be adapted to, for example, known high throughput screening technologies. The present invention further comprises an apparatus for carrying out the described methods.