Targeting RNA with small molecules: from fundamental principles towards the clinic

JP Falese, A Donlic, AE Hargrove - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advances in our understanding of RNA biology have uncovered crucial roles for
RNA in multiple disease states, ranging from viral and bacterial infections to cancer and …

[HTML][HTML] Coronavirus genomic RNA packaging

PS Masters - Virology, 2019 - Elsevier
RNA viruses carry out selective packaging of their genomes in a variety of ways, many
involving a genomic packaging signal. The first coronavirus packaging signal was …

[HTML][HTML] Clonally expanded HIV-1 proviruses with 5′-leader defects can give rise to nonsuppressible residual viremia

JA White, F Wu, S Yasin… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) halts HIV-1 replication, decreasing viremia to below
the detection limit of clinical assays. However, some individuals experience persistent …

Medicinal chemistry strategies for discovering antivirals effective against drug-resistant viruses

Y Ma, E Frutos-Beltrán, D Kang… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
During the last forty years we have witnessed impressive advances in the field of antiviral
drug discovery culminating with the introduction of therapies able to stop human …

[HTML][HTML] Nano-DMS-MaP allows isoform-specific RNA structure determination

P Bohn, AS Gribling-Burrer, UB Ambi, RP Smyth - Nature Methods, 2023 - nature.com
Genome-wide measurements of RNA structure can be obtained using reagents that react
with unpaired bases, leading to adducts that can be identified by mutational profiling on next …

[HTML][HTML] Physics of viral dynamics

RF Bruinsma, GJL Wuite, WH Roos - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Viral capsids are often regarded as inert structural units, but in actuality they display
fascinating dynamics during different stages of their life cycle. With the advent of single …

[HTML][HTML] Crystal structure of a highly conserved enteroviral 5′ cloverleaf RNA replication element

NK Das, NM Hollmann, J Vogt, SE Sevdalis… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The extreme 5′-end of the enterovirus RNA genome contains a conserved cloverleaf-like
domain that recruits 3CD and PCBP proteins required for initiating genome replication …

What is holding back the development of antiviral metallodrugs? A literature overview and implications for SARS-CoV-2 therapeutics and future viral outbreaks

REF de Paiva, AM Neto, IA Santos, ACG Jardim… - Dalton …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In light of the Covid-19 outbreak, this review brings together historical and current literature
efforts towards the development of antiviral metallodrugs. Classical compounds such as …

Protein dynamics and function from solution state NMR spectroscopy

M Kovermann, P Rogne, M Wolf-Watz - Quarterly reviews of …, 2016 - cambridge.org
It is well-established that dynamics are central to protein function; their importance is
implicitly acknowledged in the principles of the Monod, Wyman and Changeux model of …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in RNA 3D structure modeling using experimental data

B Li, Y Cao, E Westhof, Z Miao - Frontiers in genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
RNA is a unique bio-macromolecule that can both record genetic information and perform
biological functions in a variety of molecular processes, including transcription, splicing …