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. 2025 Mar 14;17(3):417. doi: 10.3390/v17030417
3CLpro 3-chymotrypsin-like proteases
3D Three-dimensional
3-P 3′-processing
3TC Lamivudine
5-CITEP 1-(5-chloroindol-3-yl)-3-hydroxy-3-(2H-tetrazol-5-yl)propenone
ABT ABT199/venetoclax
ACE2 Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
ACV Acyclovir
ACV Acyclovir
ADE Antibody-dependent enhancement
AI Artificial Intelligence
ALLINI Allosteric IN inhibitors
APV Amprenavir
ART Antiretroviral therapy
ASV Asunaprevir
ATV Atazanavir
BH Berbamine hydrochloride
BIC Bictegravir
BOC Boceprevir
BVDU Brivudine
BXA Baloxavir
CAPE Caffeic acid phenethyl ester
CAR Coxsackievirus and Adenovirus Receptor
cART Combination antiretroviral therapy
CCR5 C-C chemokine receptor type 5
CD4 Cluster of differentiation 4
CEN Cap-dependent endonuclease
CHIKV Chikungunya Virus
CLR C-type lectin receptor
CMV Cucumber Mosaic Virus
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019
CRISPR Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
cryo-EM Cryo-electron microscopy
Cryo-ET Cryo-electron tomography
CsA Cyclosporin A
CVB4 Coxsackie B4 virus
CXCR4 C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4
Cyp Cyclophilin
d4T Stavudine
DC-SIGN Dendritic Cell-Specific Intercellular adhesion molecule-3-Grabbing Non-integrin
DdDp DNA-Dependent DNA Polymerase
DdRp DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase
DENV Dengue Virus
DKA Diketoacid
DLV Delavirdine
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DOR Doravirine
DPV Dapivirine
DRV Darunavir
dT Deoxythymidine
DTG Dolutegravir
EFV Efavirenz
ENS Ensitrelvir
ETR Etravirine
EUA Emergency use authorization
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FVP Favipiravir
G3BP1 Ras GTPase-activating protein SH3-domain-binding protein 1
GLE Glecaprevir
GTase m7GTP transferase
GV Giant viruses
GZR Grazoprevir
HA hemagglutinin
HBV Hepatitis B Virus
HC Herbacetin
HCoV Human Coronavirus-
HCV Hepatitis C Virus
HHV Human Herpesvirus
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HPV Human Papillomavirus
HS heparan sulfate
HTLV Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus
IBD Integrase binding domain
ICTV International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
IDP Intrinsically disordered proteins
IDR Intrinsically disordered regions
IDU Idoxuridine
IDV Indinavir
IFN Interferon
IFN Interferon
IL-10 Interleukin 10
IN Integrase
INSTI Integrase strand transfer inhibitors
INT Intasome
IQM Imiquimod
IR Infrared
ISG Interferon-Stimulated Genes
KSHV Kaposi‘s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
LEDGF/p75 Lens Epithelium-Derived Growth Factor/p75
LPV Lopinavir
MCV or MCPyV Merkel Cell Polyomavirus
MD Molecular Dynamics
MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
MINI Multimerization-selective integrase inhibitor
MOV Molnupiravir
Mpro Main protease
MPXV Monkeypox virus
MTase Methyltransferase
MXRA8 Matrix remodeling-associated protein 8
NA Neuraminidase
NFV Nelfinavir
NiRAN RdRp-associated nucleotidyltransferase
NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NMV Nirmatrelvir
NNRTI Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
NRTI Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
NTD N-terminal domain
NTD N-terminal domain
NTP Nucleoside triphosphate
NVP Nevirapine
PCV Penciclovir
PDX Podofilox
PFA Foscarnet
PI Peptide inhibitors
PIC Pre-integration complex
PLpro Papain-like protease
PPI Protein–protein interactions
PRF Programmed ribosomal frameshifting
PT Ponatinib
PVY Potato Virus Y
RABV Rabies Virus
RBD Receptor-binding domain
RdRp RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase
RDV Remdesivir
RNA Ribonucleic Acid
RNase Ribonuclease
RNP Ribonucleoprotein
RPV Rilpivirine
RSV Respiratory syncytial virus
RT Reverse Transcriptase
RTV Ritonavir
RV Rotavirus
SAH S-adenosyl homocysteine
SAM S-adenosyl-l-methionine
SARS-CoV Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
SAXS Small Angle X-ray Scattering
SBDD Structure-based drug design
SERM Selective estrogen receptor modulators
SG Stress granule
SINE Sinecatechins
SINV Sindbis Virus
SMV Simeprevir
SQV Saquinavir
ST Strand transfer
TBSV Tomato bushy stunt virus
TDF Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
TEM Transmission electron microscopy
TK Thymidine kinase
TMV Tobacco Mosaic Virus
TPV Tipranavir
TVR Telaprevir
VEEV Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis virus
VLP Virus-like particle
VOX Voxilaprevir
VPV Vaniprevir
VZV Varicella-zoster virus
WHO World Health Organization
XFEL X-ray Free Electron Laser
XRD X-ray diffraction