Molecular Virology: Mechanisms of Viral Entry and Antivirals
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 5182
Special Issue Editors
Interests: studying entry and replication mechanisms of viruses with pandemic potential, and developing antivirals
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Interests: antivirals; mechanisms of viral entry; entry inhibitors; peptide inhibitors; vaccine; coronavirus
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our Special Issue, “Molecular Virology: Mechanisms of Viral Entry and Antivirals”. Recent advances in molecular virology have broadened our understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms of many viruses and strategies for controlling them. For instance, viral entry into the target cell is the earliest step, and a crucial one, in the life cycle of a virus. This is a complicated multi-step process that is initiated by attachment to receptors and ends with the transfer of viral genomes inside host cells. This process involves diverse viral and host proteins, which have been identified as important targets for vaccine and drug development. Besides viral entry, studies of antivirals often focus on other viral molecules such as protease, polymerase and integrase, or on host cell factors.
This Special Issue aims to provide an advanced forum for molecular virology studies focusing on the mechanisms of viral entry and antivirals. The viruses of interest include (but are not limited to) SARS-CoV-2, monkeypox viruses, influenza viruses and HIV-1. We hope that this Special Issue will provide further insight into the viral entry mechanism, as well as the mechanisms of action of antiviral agents and vaccines.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Lijun Rong
Prof. Dr. Lu Lu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- viral entry
- entry inhibitor
- antivirals
- SARS-CoV-2
- monkeypox
- flu
- HIV
- broad-spectrum inhibitor
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