New anti-HSV therapeutics target the helicase primase complex

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作者
Crumpacker, CS [1 ]
Schaffer, PA
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol & Mol Genet, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[3] Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Div Infect Dis, Boston, MA 02215 USA
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10.1038/nm0402-327
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The only targets for clinical treatment of herpes simplex virus infections have been the viral enzymes thymidine kinase and DNA polymerase. Now, animal experiments show the healing benefits of new antiherpes drugs that act on the viral helicase–primase complex and appear superior to the standard treatment, acyclovir.
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