Fan X, Zhang X, Zhou L, Keith KA, Kern ER, Torrence PF. Assembling a smallpox biodefense by interrogating 5-substituted pyrimidine nucleoside chemical space.
Antiviral Res 2006;
71:201-5. [PMID:
16759713 DOI:
10.1016/j.antiviral.2006.04.015]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2006] [Accepted: 04/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
The nucleoside 5-formyl-2'-deoxyuridine has been used as a starting point for the generation of novel 5-substituted pyrimidine nucleosides that are shown to possess significant antiviral activity against two representative orthopoxviruses, namely vaccinia virus and cowpox virus.
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