Author(s):
Suzanne Sirois, Rui Zhang, Weina Gao, Hui Gao, Yun Li, Huiqin Zheng and Dong-Qing WeiPages 191-200 (10)
Abstract:
SARS is a viral respiratory illness caused by a previously unrecognized coronavirus, called SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Because of the potential for a rapid spread of the disease, it is vitally important to identify drugs that effectively inhibit a known target of the SARS coronavirus. Because of its essential role in proteolytic processing, the main protease MPro, a cysteine protease, is considered an attractive...