Plant lectins are potent inhibitors of coronaviruses by interfering with two targets in the viral replication cycle

Antiviral Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 179-187

  Keyaerts, Els ^a   Vijgen, Leen ^a   Pannecouque, Christophe ^a   Van Damme, Els ^b   Peumans, Willy ^b   Egberink, Herman ^c   Balzarini, Jan ^a   Van Ranst, Marc ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Coronavirus; Mannose; Plant lectins; SARS CoV

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; PLANT LECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CATS; CELL LINE; CORONAVIRUS, FELINE; HUMANS; LILIACEAE; PLANT LECTINS; SARS VIRUS; VIRUS INTERNALIZATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CORONAVIRUS; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS VIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 34250223426     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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