BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
VIRUSES
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Question
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If you wanted to develop antiviral drugs what would you study about a virus?
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Protein capsid used by the virus
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mechanism of how the virus infects the host
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DNA sequence of the virus
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The host cell which it infects
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Antiviral drug design could, in principle, be targeted at either viral proteins or cellular proteins. The first approach is likely to yield more specific, less toxic compounds, with a narrow spectrum of antiviral activity and a higher likelihood of resistance developing.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mechanism of resistance Antiviral drug-resistant strains have signature mutations in the reverse transcriptase domains of the viral polymerase gene, with most substitutions occurring in domains B, C, and D. Resistance mutations alter the interaction between HBV polymerase and drug [164].
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