Discovery of small-molecule human immunodeficiency virus type 1 entry inhibitors that target the gp120-binding domain of CD4

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 6122-6133

  Yang, Quan En ^a   Stephen, Andrew G ^a   Adelsberger, Joseph W ^a   Roberts, Paula E ^a   Zhu, Weimin ^a   Currens, Michael J ^a   Feng, Yaxiong ^b   Crise, Bruce J ^a   Gorelick, Robert J ^a   Rein, Alan R ^b   Fisher, Robert J ^a   Shoemaker, Robert H ^a   Sei, Shizuko ^a  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMOBILIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIGENS, CD4; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HELA CELLS; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, HIV; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 20944444371     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.10.6122-6133.2005     Document Type: Article

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