申请人:Rappuoli Rino
公开号:US20060257852A1
公开(公告)日:2006-11-16
An outbreak of a virulent respiratory virus, now known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), was identified in Hong Kong, China and a growing number of countries around the world in 2003. The invention relates to nucleic acids and proteins from the SARS coronavirus. These nucleic acids and proteins can be used in the preparation and manufacture of vaccine formulations, diagnostic reagents, kits, etc. The invention also provides methods for treating SARS by administering small molecule antiviral compounds, as well as methods of identifying potent small molecules for the treatment of SARS.
2003年,在中国香港和世界各地越来越多的国家中,爆发了一种名为严重急性呼吸综合症(SARS)的致命呼吸道病毒。本发明涉及来自SARS冠状病毒的核酸和蛋白质。这些核酸和蛋白质可以用于制备和制造疫苗配方、诊断试剂盒等。本发明还提供了通过给予小分子抗病毒化合物治疗SARS的方法,以及识别用于治疗SARS的有效小分子的方法。