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. 1974 Jan;71(1):107–109. doi: 10.1073/pnas.71.1.107

Inhibition of Three Nucleotide Polymerases by Rifamycin Derivatives

Frances M Thompson 1, Allan N Tischler 1, Jesse Adams 1, Melvin Calvin 1
PMCID: PMC387943  PMID: 4129799

Abstract

It is possible to design rifamycin derivatives which can distinguish between viral RNA-instructed DNA polymerase and other nucleotide polymerases.

Keywords: polymerases, rifamycin, inhibition

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