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Vaccinia virus virulence factor N1L is a novel promising target for antiviral therapeutic intervention.
Journal of medicinal chemistry - 27 May 2010
Cheltsov Anton V, Aoyagi Mika, Aleshin Alexander, Yu Eric Chi-Wang, Gilliland Taylor, Zhai Dayong, Bobkov Andrey A, Reed John C, Liddington Robert C, Abagyan Ruben
Abstract excerpt
The 14 kDa homodimeric N1L protein is a potent vaccinia and variola (smallpox) virulence factor. It is not essential for viral replication, but it causes a strong attenuation of viral production in culture when deleted. The N1L protein is predicted to contain the BH3-like binding domain characteristic of Bcl-2 family proteins, and it is able to bind the BH3 peptides. Its overexpression has been reported to...
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