Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1373468 | Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A novel 5,4-dialkyl substituted thiophene was discovered by in silico screening of the 3D polymerase crystal structure (1GX6) that demonstrated single digit micromolar HCV inhibition activity in the replicon assay and dose-dependent inhibition in the replicase complex assay. Subsequently, SAR was explored with a small set of dialkyl and tetrahydro-benzo thiophenes. Since these thiophenes inhibit synthesis of both, single- and double-stranded RNAs, their mechanism of action is distinct from other known HCV inhibitors.
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Authors
Shirley Louise-May, Wengang Yang, Xingtie Nie, Dongmei Liu, Milind S. Deshpande, Avinash S. Phadke, Mingjun Huang, Atul Agarwal,