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New targets for antivirals: the ribosomal A-site and the factors that interact with it.
Virology - 15 Aug 2002
Goss Kinzy Terri, Harger Jason W, Carr-Schmid Anne, Kwon Jane, Shastry Mythili, Justice Michael, Dinman Jonathan D
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Many viruses use programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting to ensure the correct ratio of viral structural to enzymatic proteins. Alteration of frameshift efficiencies changes these ratios, in turn inhibiting viral particle assembly and virus propagation. Previous studies determined that anisomycin, a peptidyl transferase inhibitor, specifically inhibited -1 frameshifting and the ability of yeast cells to propagate...
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