Design of wide-spectrum inhibitors targeting coronavirus main proteases.

The genus Coronavirus contains about 25 species of coronaviruses (CoVs), which are important pathogens causing highly prevalent diseases and often severe or fatal in humans and animals. No licensed specific drugs are available to prevent their infection. Different host receptors for cellular entry,...

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Main Authors: Haitao Yang, Weiqing Xie, Xiaoyu Xue, Kailin Yang, Jing Ma, Wenxue Liang, Qi Zhao, Zhe Zhou, Duanqing Pei, John Ziebuhr, Rolf Hilgenfeld, Kwok Yung Yuen, Luet Wong, Guangxia Gao, Saijuan Chen, Zhu Chen, Dawei Ma, Mark Bartlam, Zihe Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030324