Hepatitis C virus P7-A viroporin crucial for virus assembly and an emerging target for antiviral therapy

Viruses

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2078-2095

  Steinmann, Eike ^a   Pietschmann, Thomas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiviral therapy; Assembly and release; HCV; Ion channel; P7; Viroporins

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXYNOJIRIMYCIN; 1 DEOXYNOJIRIMYCIN DERIVATIVE; AMANTADINE; AMILORIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BIT 225; IMINOSUGAR; INTERFERON; MIGLUSTAT; N NONYL DEOXYNOJIRIMYCIN; PROTEIN VP7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UT 231B;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 79952131523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v2092078     Document Type: Review

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