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Computational investigation of drug-resistant mutant of M2 proton channel (S31N) against rimantadine.
Cell biochemistry and biophysics - 1 Nov 2014
Karthick V, Ramanathan K
Abstract excerpt
M2 proton channel is the target for treating the patients who ere suffering from influenza A infection, which facilitates the spread of virions. Amantadine and rimantadine are adamantadine-based drugs, which target M2 proton channel and inhibit the viral replication. Preferably, rimantadine drug is used more than amantadine because of its fewer side effects. However, S31N mutation in the M2 proton channel was...
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