オセルタミビル耐性インフルエンザウイルスニューラミニダゼ変異体の結晶構造

Patrick J Collins1, Lesley F Haire, Yi Pu Lin

  • 1MRC-National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK.

Nature
|May 16, 2008
PubMed
まとめ

パンデミックインフルエンザの準備には,効果的な抗ウイルス薬が必要です. H5N1ニューラミニダース変異体は,オセルタミビルに対する耐性を示すが,ザナミビルに対する感受性を保ち,多様な薬剤備蓄の必要性を示唆している.

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