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- ____ and ____ inhibit viral uncoating
- Amantadine, Rimantadine
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Viral polymerase inhibitors
• Directly bind to viral NA polymerase → no viral NA synthesis
eg. _____™ → acts on ____ -
Foscarnet
HIV, Herpes Simplex Virus -
Nucleoside analogues (Agents similar in structure to nucleic acid bases)
eg. ____ (guanine analogue) → acts on _____
eg. ____ (thymine analogue) → acts on ____ -
Acyclovir acts on Herpes Simplex Virus
Azidothymidine acts on HIV -
Protease Inhibitors: Protease = an enzyme encoded by HIV which is needed to
complete the synthesis of viral structural proteins
⇒ can be inhibited by various agents (eg. ____™, ____™) to prevent final assembly of new viruses - Ritonavir and Saquinavir
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Neuraminidase Inhibitors: Neuraminidase = enzyme encoded by influenza virus which is needed by virus to be released from host cell
eg.___ â„¢, _____â„¢ - Tamiflu and Relenza
- Interferon (INF): Small molecules produced by virus-infected cells that diffuse out and stimulate neighboring cells to make ___ and block viral replication, etc
- anti-viral proteins
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___ is an infectious agent consisting only of protein
(Proteinaceous infectious particle) - Prion
- Prions Produce slowly developing ____ degenerative diseases characterized by___-like masses in the brain →“Spongiform encephalopathies†(Kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, BSE, Chronic Wasting Disease, etc)
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neurological
sponge - Prions are abnormal variants (____) of normal proteins (___) found mostly in neurons
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PrPSC
PrPC - ____ are virus-encoded proteins produced during viral replication are toxic to the host cell
- Virokines