Antiviral activity of animal venom peptides and related compounds

Abstract Viruses exhibit rapid mutational capacity to trick and infect host cells, sometimes assisted through virus-coded peptides that counteract host cellular immune defense. Although a large number of compounds have been identified as inhibiting various viral infections and disease progression, i...

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Main Authors: Élida Cleyse Gomes da Mata, Caroline Barbosa Farias Mourão, Marisa Rangel, Elisabeth Ferroni Schwartz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciELO 2017-02-01
Series:Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992017000100200&lng=en&tlng=en