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Molecular and Structural Mechanism of Pan-Genotypic HCV NS3/4A Protease Inhibition by Glecaprevir.
ACS chemical biology - 21 Feb 2020
Timm Jennifer, Kosovrasti Klajdi, Henes Mina, Leidner Florian, Hou Shurong, Ali Akbar, Kurt Yilmaz Nese, Schiffer Celia A
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Hepatitis C virus, causative agent of chronic viral hepatitis, infects 71 million people worldwide and is divided into seven genotypes and multiple subtypes with sequence identities between 68 to 82%. While older generation direct-acting antivirals had varying effectiveness against different genotypes, the newest NS3/4A protease inhibitors including glecaprevir (GLE) have pan-genotypic activity. The structural...
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