RNA dependent RNA polymerases: insights from structure, function and evolution

S Venkataraman, BVLS Prasad, R Selvarajan - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) is one of the most versatile enzymes of RNA
viruses that is indispensable for replicating the genome as well as for carrying out …

Influenza virus RNA polymerase: insights into the mechanisms of viral RNA synthesis

AJW Te Velthuis, E Fodor - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
The genomes of influenza viruses consist of multiple segments of single-stranded negative-
sense RNA. Each of these segments is bound by the heterotrimeric viral RNA-dependent …

Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase as a potential therapeutic drug target using a computational approach

SO Aftab, MZ Ghouri, MU Masood, Z Haider… - Journal of translational …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) outbreak originating in Wuhan, China, has raised global health concerns and the …

Structure of influenza A polymerase bound to the viral RNA promoter

A Pflug, D Guilligay, S Reich, S Cusack - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The influenza virus polymerase transcribes or replicates the segmented RNA genome (viral
RNA) into viral messenger RNA or full-length copies. To initiate RNA synthesis, the …

Antiviral activity exerted by natural products against human viruses

M Musarra-Pizzo, R Pennisi, I Ben-Amor, G Mandalari… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Viral infections are responsible for several chronic and acute diseases in both humans and
animals. Despite the incredible progress in human medicine, several viral diseases, such as …

Drug design and repurposing with DockThor-VS web server focusing on SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic targets and their non-synonym variants

IA Guedes, LSC Costa, KB Dos Santos, ALM Karl… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus was declared a pandemic disease in
March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Structure-Based Drug Design …

RNA‐dependent RNA polymerase of SARS‐CoV‐2 as a therapeutic target

Y Wang, V Anirudhan, R Du, Q Cui… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐
CoV‐2), named coronavirus disease 2019, has infected more than 8.9 million people …

Structural insight into cap-snatching and RNA synthesis by influenza polymerase

S Reich, D Guilligay, A Pflug, H Malet, I Berger… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Influenza virus polymerase uses a capped primer, derived by 'cap-snatching'from host pre-
messenger RNA, to transcribe its RNA genome into mRNA and a stuttering mechanism to …

Replication of hepatitis C virus

D Moradpour, F Penin, CM Rice - Nature reviews microbiology, 2007 - nature.com
Exciting progress has recently been made in understanding the replication of hepatitis C
virus, a major cause of chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma …

The ancient Virus World and evolution of cells

EV Koonin, TG Senkevich, VV Dolja - Biology direct, 2006 - Springer
Background Recent advances in genomics of viruses and cellular life forms have greatly
stimulated interest in the origins and evolution of viruses and, for the first time, offer an …