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SUBMITTER: Shen W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2642980 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shen Wei W Kim Jae-Seung JS Kish Phillip E PE Zhang Jie J Mitchell Stefanie S Gentry Brian G BG Breitenbach Julie M JM Drach John C JC Hilfinger John J
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20081210 3
5'-O-D- and L-amino acid derivatives and 5'-O-(D- and L-amino acid methyl ester phosphoramidate) derivatives of vidarabine (ara-A) were synthesized as vidarabine prodrugs. Some compounds were equi- or more potent in vitro than vidarabine against two pox viruses and their uptake by cultured cells was improved compared to the parent drug. ...[more]