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Hepatitis C virus mutations confer resistance to RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitor

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 28th, 2005

Recent research from the United States has reported on mutations conferring resistance to a hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitor alone or in combination with an HCV serine protease inhibitor in vitro.

"Compounds A-782759 (an N-1-aza-4-hydroxyquinolone benzothiadiazine) and BILN-2061 are specific anti-HCV agents that inhibit the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and the NS3 serine protease, respectively. Both compounds display potent activity against HCV replicons in tissue culture."

"In order to characterize the development of resistance to these anti-HCV agents," wrote H.M. Mo and colleagues, Abbott Laboratories, "HCV subgenomic...

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