Human cytomegalovirus terminase inhibitors letermovir, tomeglovir, and the halogenated benzimidazoles modify DNA cleavage/packaging to generate a super-genomic DNA species by cleavage site skipping

ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH · Published 2026-05-20 · DOI 10.1016/j.antiviral.2026.106446

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Amine Ourahmane, Desy K. Balalimbong, Anne Sauer, Jian Ben Wang, Ahmed Al Qaffas, Razia Moorad, Justin Landis, Dirk P. Dittmer, Stephen J. Dollery, Michael A. McVoy

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2026

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Ourahmane, A., Balalimbong, D., Sauer, A., et al. (2026). Human cytomegalovirus terminase inhibitors letermovir, tomeglovir, and the halogenated benzimidazoles modify DNA cleavage/packaging to generate a super-genomic DNA species by cleavage site skipping. ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2026.106446

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