Research

COVID-19 Research

Title :

Structural, biochemical and computational investigation on the therapeutic targets of SARS-CoV-2 and structure-based drug discovery from Indian herbs

Area of research :

COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Focus area :

Therapeutics for COVID-19

Principal Investigator :

Dr Saraboji Kadhirvel, Assistant Professor, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Tamil Nadu

Timeline Start Year :

2020

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Executive Summary :

This project aims to determine the three-dimensional structure of Nsp1 and ORF6 proteins of SARS-CoV-2, which has different functions, yet is commonly responsible for the suppressed levels of host mRNA translation.

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