Rapid identification of coronavirus replicase inhibitors using a selectable replicon RNA

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1717-1725

  Hertzig, Tobias ^a   Scandella, Elke ^b   Schelle, Barbara ^a   Ziebuhr, John ^a   Siddell, Stuart G ^c   Ludewig, Burkhard ^b   Thiel, Volker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; RIBAVIRIN; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; REPORTER GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

CORONAVIRUS; EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; REPLICON; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; SARS VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 2942635630     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80044-0     Document Type: Article

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