Amantadine inhibits the function of an ion channel encoded by GB virus B, but fails to inhibit virus replication

Antiviral Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-295

  Premkumar, Anita ^a   Dong, Xuebin ^b,c   Haqshenas, Gholamreza ^b   Gage, Peter W ^a   Gowans, Eric J ^b,c  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; CHLORIDE ION; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMANTADINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CALLITHRIX; CELLS, CULTURED; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS B; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; HEPATOCYTES; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 33744773219     PISSN: 13596535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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