Identification and biological evaluation of a series of 1H-benzo[de]isoquinoline-1,3(2H)-diones as hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase inhibitors.
Ontoria, J.M., Rydberg, E.H., Di Marco, S., Tomei, L., Attenni, B., Malancona, S., Martin Hernando, J.I., Gennari, N., Koch, U., Narjes, F., Rowley, M., Summa, V., Carroll, S.S., Olsen, D.B., De Francesco, R., Altamura, S., Migliaccio, G., Carfi, A.(2009) J Med Chem 52: 5217-5227
- PubMed: 19877603 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jm900517t
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2WHO - PubMed Abstract: 
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) plays a central role in virus replication. NS5B has no functional equivalent in mammalian cells and, as a consequence, is an attractive target for inhibition. Herein, we present 1H-benzo[de]isoquinoline-1,3(2H)-diones as a new series of selective inhibitors of HCV NS5B polymerase ...