| Literature DB >> 24189264 |
Thomas Goldner1, Christine Hempel, Helga Ruebsamen-Schaeff, Holger Zimmermann, Peter Lischka.
Abstract
Letermovir is a novel antiviral compound currently in clinical development for the prevention of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infections. In contrast to all currently approved anti-HCMV drugs that target the viral DNA polymerase, letermovir acts via a distinct mode of action involving the viral terminase subunit pUL56. To extend our understanding of potential letermovir resistance mechanisms, we used marker transfer to characterize mutations identified in letermovir-resistant HCMV variants that were selected in cell culture.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24189264 PMCID: PMC3910730 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01794-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191