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Effects of introduction of hydrophobic group on ribavirin base on mutation induction and anti-RNA viral activity.
Journal of medicinal chemistry - 10 Jan 2008
Moriyama Kei, Suzuki Tetsuya, Negishi Kazuo, Graci Jason D, Thompson Corinne N, Cameron Craig E, Watanabe Masahiko
Abstract excerpt
One of the possible mechanisms of antiviral action of ribavirin (1-beta- d-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide, 1) is the accumulation of mutations in viral genomic RNA. The ambiguous incorporation of 5'-triphosphate of ribavirin (RTP, 8) by a viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) is a key step of the mutation induction. We synthesized three ribavirin analogues that possess hydrophobic groups,...
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