New anti-viral drugs for the treatment of the common cold

…, C Apicella, L Cellai, P Dragone, E Fioravanzo…

Index: Maugeri, Caterina; Alisi, Maria A.; Apicella, Claudia; Cellai, Luciano; Dragone, Patrizia; Fioravanzo, Elena; Florio, Saverio; Furlotti, Guido; Mangano, Giorgina; Ombrato, Rosella; Luisi, Renzo; Pompei, Raffaello; Rincicotti, Vito; Russo, Vincenzo; Vitiello, Marco; Cazzolla, Nicola Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2008 , vol. 16, # 6 p. 3091 - 3107

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Abstract

Human Rhinovirus (HRV) is the most important aetiologic agent of common cold in adults and children. HRV is a single-stranded, positive sense RNA virus and, despite the high level of conservation among different serotypes, sequence alignment of viral protease 3C with mammalian protease reveals no homology. Thus, protease 3C is an optimal target for the development of anti-HRV agents. In the present work we investigated the design, the ...