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Antiviral Drugs and Interferon: The Molecular Basis of Their Activity

The Molecular Basis of Their Activity

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Editors:
  1. Yechiel Becker

    1. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

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  2. Julia Hadar
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Part of the book series: Developments in Molecular Virology (DMVI, volume 4)

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Research on antiviral drugs and their mode of action in infected cells. in animals and in man. has led to a better understanding of the molecular pro­ cesses involved in virus replication. Screeninq of large numbers of natural and semisynthetic compounds resulted in the characterization of certain sub­ stances that had a limited efficiency as antiviral druqs. A few chemically synthesized compounds were also found to be effective as antiviral agents in the chemotherapy of human virus diseases. A major difficulty in the develop­ ment of effective antiviral agents has been the lack of selectivity. and toxicity for uninfected cells. of drugs that effectively inhibited virus replication in vitro. Further understanding of the molecular processes of virus replication in infected cells has resulted in the development of new antivirals directed at virus-coded enzymes or proteins. Recent studies on antivirals that are activated by the herpes simplex virus type l-coded thy­ midine kinase from a prod rug to an antiviral drug have opened new directions in the development of effective antiviral drugs. The present book deals with a number of antiviral drugs effective against herpes simplex viruses and provides some insight into the molecular aspects of virus replication. It also throws light on the new approaches to the development of antiviral drugs. The molecular basis of the antiviral activity of new and known drugs and their possible use in chemotherapy of viral disease are presented in this book.

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Current Trends In The Research on Antiviral Drugs

    1. Introduction: Current Trends in the Research on Antiviral Drugs

      • Y. Becker
      Pages 1-9

  3. Antiherpes Simplex Virus Drugs

    1. Antiviral Activity of Iodinated Pyrimidine Deoxyribonucleosides

      • Michael J. Otto, Barry Goz, William H. Prussof
      Pages 11-38

    2. Antiviral Properties of Aranucleosides: Metabolic Considerations

      • Thomas W. North
      Pages 39-57

    3. Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase-Dependent Antiviral Agents

      • Yung-Chi Cheng
      Pages 59-70

    4. Acyclovir

      • Gertrude B. Elion
      Pages 71-88

    5. BVDU ((E)-5-(2-Bromovinyl)-2’-Deoxyuridine)

      • Erik De Clercq
      Pages 89-104

    6. 2’-Fluoro-5-Iodo-l-β-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine [FIAC]: Synthesis and Mode of Anti-Herpesvirus Activity

      • Carlos Lopez, Ting-Chao Chou, Kyoichi A. Watanabe, Jack J. Fox
      Pages 105-115

    7. Herpesvirus-Specified DNA Polymerase as the Target for Developing Selective ANTIHERPESVIRUS AGENTS

      • Yung-Chi Cheng, David Derse, Karl Frank, Ken Bastow
      Pages 117-126

    8. Phosphonoformate and Phosphonoacetate

      • B. Eriksson, B. Öberg
      Pages 127-142

    9. Distamycin and Derivatives: The Pyrrole Amidine Antiviral Antibiotics

      • Meir Bialer
      Pages 143-156

    10. Clinical Insights into the Metabolism of Arabinosyl Adenine and Interferon as Derived by Microbiological Assays

      • A. Martin Lerner
      Pages 157-172

  4. Drugs Inhibitory to Viral Reverse Transcriptase

    1. Modulation of Retrovirus DNA Polymerase Activity by Polynucleotides and their Analogs

      • P. Chandra, I. Demirhan, U. Ebener, B. Kornhuber, D. Gericke
      Pages 173-189

  5. Antipoxvirus Drug

    1. The Antipoxvirus Activity of Isatin-β-Thiosemicarbazone (IBT)

      • Ehud Katz
      Pages 191-202

  6. Drugs Affecting Synthesis or Processing of mRNA

    1. Halogenated Ribofuranosylbenzimidazoles

      • Igor Tamm, Pravinkumar B. Sehgal, Robert A. Lamb, Allan R. Goldberg
      Pages 203-252

    2. Ribavirin

      • Roberts A. Smith, Peter Canonico
      Pages 253-269

  7. Drugs Affecting RNA Viruses

    1. Molecular Basis of Guanidine Action

      • M. Schrom, L. A. Caliguiri
      Pages 271-283

    2. Mechanism of Action of 2-(α-Hydroxybenzyl)-Benzimidazole (HBB)

      • Hans J. Eggers
      Pages 285-300

    3. Multiple Actions of Amantadine Against Influenza Viruses

      • Alan J. Hay, Mary C. Zambon
      Pages 301-315

  8. Interferon

    1. Polynucleotide inducers of Interferon: Studies with Poly(G)·Poly(C)

      • P. F. Torrence, E. De Clercq
      Pages 317-333
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Editors and Affiliations

  • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Yechiel Becker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Antiviral Drugs and Interferon: The Molecular Basis of Their Activity

  • Book Subtitle: The Molecular Basis of Their Activity

  • Editors: Yechiel Becker, Julia Hadar

  • Series Title: Developments in Molecular Virology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3804-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, Boston 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-643-1Published: 30 April 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-3806-2Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3804-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 446

  • Topics: Virology

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