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Biochemical study of the comparative inhibition of hepatitis C virus RNA polymerase by VX-222 and filibuvir.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2012
Yi Guanghui, Deval Jerome, Fan Baochang, Cai Hui, Soulard Charlotte, Ranjith-Kumar C T, Smith David B, Blatt Lawrence, Beigelman Leonid, Kao C Cheng
Abstract excerpt
Filibuvir and VX-222 are nonnucleoside inhibitors (NNIs) that bind to the thumb II allosteric pocket of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Both compounds have shown significant promise in clinical trials and, therefore, it is relevant to better understand their mechanisms of inhibition. In our study, filibuvir and VX-222 inhibited the 1b/Con1 HCV subgenomic replicon, with 50% effective...
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