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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143573703321

Titolo

Antiviral drug discovery for emerging diseases and bioterrorism threats [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paul F. Torrence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2005

ISBN

1-280-27657-6

9786610276578

0-471-71671-5

0-471-71670-7

Descrizione fisica

x, 420 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

TorrencePaul F

Disciplina

616.9/1061

Soggetti

Antiviral agents

Drug development

Bioterrorism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Viral bioterrorism and antiviral countermeasures / M. Bray -- Research on emerging and bioterror threats / C. Tseng -- Antiviral drug targets and strategies for emerging viral diseases and bioterrorism threats / E. de Clercq -- Perspectives for the therapy against arenavirus infections / E.B. Damonte, C.C. Garcia -- S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase inhibitors as a source of anti-filovirus agents / S.W. Schneller, M. Yang -- Antiviral strategies for Ebola virus / R.N. Harty and J. M. Licata -- IMPDH inhibitors : discovery of antiviral agents against emerging diseases / V. Nair -- Lethal mutagenesis : exploiting error-prone replication of riboviruses for -- Antiviral therapy / J.D. Graci, C.E. Cameron -- Structural biology of flavivral replications and opportunities for drug design / K. Murthy -- Confronting new and old antiviral threats : broad spectrum potential of prenylation inhibitors / M. Elazar, J.S. Glenn --

The discovery and development of new antivirals for smallpox / E.R. Kern -- Prevention of viral infection by immunocamouflage of target tissues / L. McCoy, M.D. Scott -- Viral evasion of the interferon system



: novel targets for drug discovery / L. Powell, P.F. Torrence -- The emergence of pandemic influenza : bioterrorist vs. mother nature / J. S. Oxford, A. Catchpole, R. Lambkin -- Novel approach to smallpox (variola) inhibitors / A. Rich, B. Jacobs -- Structure-based design of anti-SARS drug / R. Hilgenfeld.