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ReviewAntiviral research2010

Structure and functionality in flavivirus NS-proteins: perspectives for drug design.

Michela Bollati, Karin Alvarez, René Assenberg, Cécile Baronti, Bruno Canard, Shelley Cook, Bruno Coutard, Etienne Decroly, Xavier de Lamballerie, Ernest A Gould and 19 more

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Review in Antiviral research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 173 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

173 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors.

Michela BollatiDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Karin Alvarez
René Assenberg
Cécile Baronti
Bruno Canard
Shelley Cook
Bruno Coutard
Etienne Decroly
Xavier de Lamballerie
Ernest A Gould
Gilda Grard
Jonathan M Grimes
Rolf Hilgenfeld
Anna M Jansson
Hélène Malet
Erika J Mancini
Eloise Mastrangelo
Andrea Mattevi
Mario Milani
Grégory Moureau
Johan Neyts
Raymond J Owens
Jingshan Ren
Barbara Selisko
Silvia Speroni
Holger Steuber
David I Stuart
Torsten Unge
Martino Bolognesi

Funding

Medical Research Council G0701506
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flaviviridae are small enveloped viruses hosting a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome. Besides yellow fever virus, a landmark case in the history of virology, members of the Flavivirus genus, such as West Nile virus and dengue virus, are increasingly gaining attention due to their re-emergence and incidence in different areas of the world. Additional environmental and demographic considerations suggest that novel or known flaviviruses will continue to emerge in the future. Nevertheless, up to few years ago flaviviruses were considered low interest candidates for drug design. At the start of the European Union VIZIER Project, in 2004, just two crystal structures of protein domains from the flaviviral replication machinery were known. Such pioneering studies, however, indicated the flaviviral replication complex as a promising target for the development of antiviral compounds. Here we review structural and functional aspects emerging from the characterization of two main components (NS3 and NS5 proteins) of the flavivirus replication complex. Most of the reviewed results were achieved within the European Union VIZIER Project, and cover topics that span from viral genomics to structural biology and inhibition mechanisms. The ultimate aim of the reported approaches is to shed light on the design and development of antiviral drug leads.

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AnimalsAntiviral AgentsBiomedical ResearchCommunicable Diseases, EmergingDrug DesignEnzyme InhibitorsEnzymesEuropean UnionFlavivirusFlavivirus InfectionsHumansViral Nonstructural ProteinsVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsEnzyme InhibitorsEnzymesViral Nonstructural Proteins

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PMID19945487
PMCPMC3918146

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