Potential Broad Spectrum Inhibitors of the Coronavirus 3CLpro: A Virtual Screening and Structure-Based Drug Design Study.

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Published in Viruses on December 15, 2015

Authors

Michael Berry1,2, Burtram C Fielding3, Junaid Gamieldien4

Author Affiliations

1: South African Medical Research Council Bioinformatics Capacity Development Unit, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa. michael@sanbi.ac.za.
2: Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical BioSciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa. michael@sanbi.ac.za.
3: Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical BioSciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa. bfielding@uwc.ac.za.
4: South African Medical Research Council Bioinformatics Capacity Development Unit, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa. junaid@sanbi.ac.za.

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