Anti-COVID-19 Activity of FDA Approved Drugs through RNA G-quadruplex Binding
Shuvra Shekhar Roy, Shalu Sharma, Zaigham Abbas Rizvi, Dipanjali Sinha, Divya Gupta, Mercy Rophina, Paras Sehgal, Srikanth Sadhu, Manas Ranjan Tripathy, Sweety Samal, Souvik Maiti, Vinod Scaria, Sridhar Sivasubbu, Amit Awasthi, Krishnan Harinivas Harshan, , Shantanu Chowdhury
This study identifies FDA-approved drugs that bind G-quadruplexes in SARS-CoV-2 genomes, showing significant inhibition of viral replication in hamsters and cell cultures comparable to Remdesivir.
bioRxiv · May 31, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology