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Molecular mechanism underlying the action of a novel fusion inhibitor of influenza A virus.
Journal of virology - 1 May 1997
Luo G, Torri A, Harte W E, Danetz S, Cianci C, Tiley L, Day S, Mullaney D, Yu K L, Ouellet C, Dextraze P, Meanwell N, Colonno R, Krystal M
Abstract excerpt
In the initial stages of influenza virus infection, the hemagglutinin (HA) protein of influenza virus mediates both adsorption and penetration of the virus into the host cell. Recently, we identified and characterized BMY-27709 as an inhibitor of the H1 and H2 subtypes of influenza A virus that specifically inhibits the HA function necessary for virus-cell membrane fusion (G.-X. Luo, R. Colonno, and M. Krystal,...
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