Ribonucleotide Reductase
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Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes (MDSs) form a group of autosomal recessive disorders characterized by profoundly decreased mitochondrial DNA copy numbers in affected tissues. Three main clinical presentations are known: myopathic,... more
During the last years, several reports have indicated genotoxic effects of paracetamol, a widely used non-prescription analgesic and antipyretic drug. Thus, a careful evaluation of a possible genotoxic effect related to paracetamol use is... more
Background: Drugs for the treatment of AIDS have been directed to specific events in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) life cycle, aimed to stop viral replication by inhibition of reverse transcriptase or protease activity. Studies... more
Several known mammalian ribonucleotide reductase inhibitors featuring a polyhydroxyphenyl and/or hydroxamate moiety as the active group were screened for potency in inhibiting growth of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.... more
In the genomes of two baculoviruses, Spodoptera exigua and S. littoralis multicapsid nucleopolyhedroviruses (SeMNPV and SpliMNPV, respectively), an open reading frame (ORF) encoding the large subunit of ribonucleotide reductase (RR1) was... more