Molecular Basis for the Selective Inhibition of Respiratory Syncytial Virus RNA Polymerase by 2'-Fluoro-4'-Chloromethyl-Cytidine Triphosphate.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes severe lower respiratory tract infections, yet no vaccines or effective therapeutics are available. ALS-8176 is a first-in-class nucleoside analog prodrug effective in RSV-infected adult volunteers, and currently under evaluation in hospitalized infants. Here...

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Main Authors: Jerome Deval, Jin Hong, Guangyi Wang, Josh Taylor, Lucas K Smith, Amy Fung, Sarah K Stevens, Hong Liu, Zhinan Jin, Natalia Dyatkina, Marija Prhavc, Antitsa D Stoycheva, Vladimir Serebryany, Jyanwei Liu, David B Smith, Yuen Tam, Qingling Zhang, Martin L Moore, Rachel Fearns, Sushmita M Chanda, Lawrence M Blatt, Julian A Symons, Leo Beigelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4476725?pdf=render