ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2021
Alkoxylalkyl Esters of Nucleotide Analogs Inhibit Polyomavirus DNA Replication and Large T Antigen Activities.
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- Viral Reprogramming of Nucleotide Synthesis and Its Impact on Viral Infection.Journal of medical virology · 2025Review
- Establishment of a Stable BK Polyomavirus-Secreting Cell Line: Characterization of Viral Genome Integration and Replication Dynamics Through Comprehensive Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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- Recent Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of Nucleoside Antivirals.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023Review
- SV40 T antigen helicase domain regions responsible for oligomerisation regulate Okazaki fragment synthesis initiation.FEBS open bio · 2022Article
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Abstract
Polyomavirus infections occur commonly in humans and are normally nonfatal. However, in immunocompromised individuals, they are intractable and frequently fatal. Due to a lack of approved drugs to treat polyomavirus infections, cidofovir, a phosphonate nucleotide analog approved to treat cytomegalovirus infections, has been repurposed as an antipolyomavirus agent. Cidofovir has been modified in various ways to improve its efficacies as a broad-spectrum antiviral agent. However, the actual mechanisms and targets of cidofovir and its modified derivatives as antipolyomavirus agents are still under research. Here, polyomavirus large tumor antigen (Tag) activities were identified as the viral target of cidofovir derivatives. The alkoxyalkyl ester derivatives of cidofovir efficiently inhibit polyomavirus DNA replication in cell-free human extracts and a viral
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