GENETIC SELECTION OF SMALL MOLECULE MODULATORS OF PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS

摘要

The present invention provides a method of production and screening of small molecule modulation of inter-macromolecule interaction. The method involves providing a living cell containing a gene that directs expression of a gene product to be assayed for the ability to modulate inter-macromolecule interactions and an inter-macromolecule interaction whose interaction can be monitored. The inter-macromolecule interaction is monitored in the living cell to determine if the inter-macromolecule interaction is modulated in the living cell relative to another, otherwise similar living cell that lacks said gene product.