Novel decay dynamics revealed for virus-mediated drug activation in cytomegalovirus infection.

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised hosts and globally is one of the most important congenital infections. The nucleoside analogue ganciclovir (GCV), which requires initial phosphorylation by the viral UL97 kinase, is the mains...

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Main Authors: Jessica Rose, Vincent C Emery, Deepali Kumar, Anders Asberg, Anders Hartmann, Alan G Jardine, Angelo A Bignamini, Atul Humar, Avidan U Neumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-04-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5391089?pdf=render