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Quantitative analysis of influenza M2 channel blockers.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jan 2011
Astrahan Peleg, Flitman-Tene Ravenna, Bennett Estelle R, Krugliak Miriam, Gilon Chaim, Arkin Isaiah T
Abstract excerpt
The influenza M2 H(+) channel enables the concomitant acidification of the viral lumen upon endosomic internalization. This process is critical to the viral infectivity cycle, demonstrated by the fact that M2 is one of only two targets for anti-flu agents. However, aminoadamantyls that block the M2 channel are of limited therapeutic use due to the emergence of resistance mutations in the protein. Herein, using an...
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