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Structure-activity relationship optimization for lassa virus fusion inhibitors targeting the transmembrane domain of GP2

  • Guangshun Zhang 1,2,4,5 ,
  • Junyuan Cao 1,3 ,
  • Yan Cai 2,4,5 ,
  • Yang Liu 1 ,
  • Yanli Li 2,4,5 ,
  • Peilin Wang 1,3 ,
  • Jiao Guo 1,3 ,
  • Xiaoying Jia 1,3 ,
  • Mengmeng Zhang 2,4,5 ,
  • Gengfu Xiao 1,3 ,
  • Yu Guo 2,4,5 ,
  • Wei Wang , 1,3
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
  • 2. College of Pharmacy and State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300450, China
  • 3. University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4. Drug Discovery Center for Infectious Disease, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 5. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biomedicine, Tianjin 300450, China

Published date: 31 Jan 2019

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Guangshun Zhang , Junyuan Cao , Yan Cai , Yang Liu , Yanli Li , Peilin Wang , Jiao Guo , Xiaoying Jia , Mengmeng Zhang , Gengfu Xiao , Yu Guo , Wei Wang . Structure-activity relationship optimization for lassa virus fusion inhibitors targeting the transmembrane domain of GP2[J]. Protein & Cell, 2019 , 10(2) : 137 -142 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-018-0604-x

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