Comprehensive review in current developments of benzimidazole‐based medicinal chemistry

RS Keri, A Hiremathad, S Budagumpi… - Chemical biology & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The properties of benzimidazole and its derivatives have been studied over more than one
hundred years. Benzimidazole derivatives are useful intermediates/subunits for the …

1, 2, 3‐Triazole hybrids with anti‐HIV‐1 activity

LS Feng, MJ Zheng, F Zhao, D Liu - Archiv der Pharmazie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) is the major etiological agent responsible
for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which is a serious infectious disease …

Bacterial GCN5-Related N-Acetyltransferases: From Resistance to Regulation

L Favrot, JS Blanchard, O Vergnolle - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
The GCN5-related N-acetyltransferases family (GNAT) is an important family of proteins that
includes more than 100000 members among eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Acetylation …

Small molecules targeting viral RNA

T Hermann - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Highly conserved noncoding RNA (ncRNA) elements in viral genomes and transcripts offer
new opportunities to expand the repertoire of drug targets for the development of …

Frameworks for targeting RNA with small molecules

AU Juru, AE Hargrove - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Since the characterization of mRNA in 1961, our understanding of the roles of RNA
molecules has significantly grown. Beyond serving as a link between DNA and proteins …

Amiloride as a new RNA-binding scaffold with activity against HIV-1 TAR

NN Patwardhan, LR Ganser, GJ Kapral… - …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Diversification of RNA-targeted scaffolds offers great promise in the search for selective
ligands of therapeutically relevant RNA such as HIV-1 TAR. We herein report the …

Functionalized benzimidazole scaffolds: privileged heterocycle for drug design in therapeutic medicine

OO Ajani, DV Aderohunmu, CO Ikpo… - Archiv der …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Benzimidazole derivatives are crucial structural scaffolds found in diverse libraries of
biologically active compounds which are therapeutically useful agents in drug discovery and …

Syntheses, characterization, and catalytic potential of novel vanadium and molybdenum Schiff base complexes for the preparation of benzimidazoles, benzoxazoles …

H Kargar, K Kargar, M Fallah-Mehrjardi… - Monatshefte für Chemie …, 2021 - Springer
A new ONO-tridentate Schiff base ligand (H2L) derived from 3-methoxysalicylaldehyde and
nicotinic hydrazide was synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, 1H …

Fluorescent peptide displacement as a general assay for screening small molecule libraries against RNA

NN Patwardhan, Z Cai, CN Newson… - Organic & biomolecular …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
A prominent hurdle in developing small molecule probes against RNA is the relative scarcity
of general screening methods. In this study, we demonstrate the application of a fluorescent …

HIV-1 frameshift RNA-targeted triazoles inhibit propagation of replication-competent and multi-drug-resistant HIV in human cells

TA Hilimire, JM Chamberlain, V Anokhina… - ACS Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The HIV-1 frameshift-stimulating (FSS) RNA, a regulatory RNA of critical importance in the
virus' life cycle, has been posited as a novel target for anti-HIV drug development. We report …