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ReviewViruses2018

Nonstructural Proteins of Alphavirus-Potential Targets for Drug Development.

Farhana Abu Bakar, Lisa F P Ng

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Review in Viruses, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Farhana Abu BakarSingapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138648, Singapore. farhana_abubakar@immunol.a-star.edu.sg.
Lisa F P NgSingapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138648, Singapore. lisa_ng@immunol.a-star.edu.sg.ORCID 0000-0003-4071-5222

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alphaviruses are enveloped, positive single-stranded RNA viruses, typically transmitted by arthropods. They often cause arthralgia or encephalitic diseases in infected humans and there is currently no targeted antiviral treatment available. The re-emergence of alphaviruses in Asia, Europe, and the Americas over the last decade, including chikungunya and o'nyong'nyong viruses, have intensified the search for selective inhibitors. In this review, we highlight key molecular determinants within the alphavirus replication complex that have been identified as viral targets, focusing on their structure and functionality in viral dissemination. We also summarize recent structural data of these viral targets and discuss how these could serve as templates to facilitate structure-based drug design and development of small molecule inhibitors.

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Drug DiscoveryAlphavirusAlphavirus InfectionsAntiviral AgentsGenome, ViralGenomicsHumansViral Nonstructural ProteinsVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsViral Nonstructural Proteinsalphavirus replicationnonstructural proteinprotease inhibitors

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PMID29425115
PMCPMC5850378

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