DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): RNA-protein interactions play critical roles in cellular regulatory processes and in the life cycles of many pathogenic viruses, including HIV, hepatitis C, and West Nile virus, and thus represent attractive targets for therapeutics. Much of our previous work has… More

RNA-protein interactions play critical roles in cellular regulatory processes and in the life cycles of many pathogenic viruses including HIV, hepatitis C, SARS, and West Nile virus, and thus represent attractive targets for therapeutics. We have developed novel cell-based assays to identify drugs… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a significant need for novel HIV therapies given the emergence of viruses resistant to existing drug regimens. RNA-protein complexes represent an important and under utilized drug target. In HIV, the Tat-TAR an d Rev-RRE RNA- protein complexes carry out… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a significant need for novel HIV therapies given the emergence of viruses resistant to existing drug regimens. The Rev-RRE protein-RNA interaction in HIV plays an essential role in the transport of viral mRNA f rom the nucleus to the cytoplasm where it… More