The HCV non-nucleoside inhibitor Tegobuvir utilizes a novel mechanism of action to inhibit NS5B polymerase function.

Tegobuvir (TGV) is a novel non-nucleoside inhibitor (NNI) of HCV RNA replication with demonstrated antiviral activity in patients with genotype 1 chronic HCV infection. The mechanism of action of TGV has not been clearly defined despite the identification of resistance mutations mapping to the NS5B...

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Main Authors: Christy M Hebner, Bin Han, Katherine M Brendza, Michelle Nash, Maisoun Sulfab, Yang Tian, Magdeleine Hung, Wanchi Fung, Randall W Vivian, James Trenkle, James Taylor, Kyla Bjornson, Steven Bondy, Xiaohong Liu, John Link, Johan Neyts, Roman Sakowicz, Weidong Zhong, Hengli Tang, Uli Schmitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22720059/pdf/?tool=EBI