The phrase "alternative target for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a different option or goal that can be pursued instead of the primary one.
Example: "The researchers identified an alternative target for the new drug, which could lead to more effective treatments."
Alternatives: "substitute target for" or "different target for".
On the opposition benches, the Labour Party, which is broadly pro-European, is keener to watch Mr Cameron squirm than to provide an alternative target for Euro-haters.
Thus PCSK9 has become an alternative target for development of non-statin cholesterol reducing agents.
Understanding virulence mechanisms of pathogenic microorganisms, and their consequences, provides an alternative target for disease prevention and mitigation [1].
This identified an alternative target for the glitazones suggesting a possible new drug target for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
In the present research, mTOR was selected as an alternative target for the treatment of lung cancer which involves PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway.
Besides being an alternative target for anti-Plk1 drug discovery, it is important to note that inhibiting the PBD is fundamentally different from inhibiting the KD, at both physiological and biochemical levels.
However, the side effects of microtubule-targeted drugs limit their use and prompted us to search for alternative targets for anti-mitotic drugs.
Furthermore, it is possible to quickly exploit the data sources like the PDB forseeking alternative targets for all the actives in the DUD‐E dataset.
These observations suggest that ETS1 and ETS2 are major effectors of RAS/MAPK signaling, and thus can be alternative targets for the RAS/MAPK pathway.
These results may have important implications for the design and conduct of future trials in sepsis including defining alternative targets for extracorporeal blood purification and other therapies.
Initial interest in σ receptors came mainly from their high affinity for typical neuroleptic drugs, such as haloperidol, and their potential as alternative targets for antipsychotic agents [4, 5].
