The war against influenza: Discovery and development of sialidase inhibitors

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 967-974

  von Itzstein, Mark ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 ACETAMIDO 5 AMINO 3 (1 ETHYLPROPOXY) 1 CYCLOHEXENE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; N ACETYL 2,3 DIDEHYDRO 2 DEOXYNEURAMINIC ACID; OSELTAMIVIR; PERAMIVIR; SIALIDASE; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZANAMIVIR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEURAMINIDASE; OSELTAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

EID: 36749056771     PISSN: 14741776     EISSN: 14741784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrd2400     Document Type: Article

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