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____ and ____ inhibit viral uncoating
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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 |
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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 |
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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.___ ™, _____™ |
Tamiflu and Relenza
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Interferon (INF): Small molecules produced by virus-infected cells that diffuse out and stimulate neighboring cells to make ___ and block viral replication, etc
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anti-viral proteins
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___ is an infectious agent consisting only of protein
(Proteinaceous infectious particle) |
Prion
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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 |
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Prions are abnormal variants (____) of normal proteins (___) found mostly in neurons
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PrPSC
PrPC |
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____ are virus-encoded proteins produced during viral replication are toxic to the host cell
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Virokines
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