title: [Molecular mechanisms of the antiviral effect of interferon].
abstract: The report presents the main aspects of the problem of the interferon action on viruses: definition and types of interferon, antiviral effect of the many species of alpha interferon, receptors for interferon, molecular effectors inducing the antiviral state, molecular cloning of proteins mediating gene transcription activation induced by the interferon.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Virologie Stefan S. Nicolau, Bucarest, Roumanie.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Constantinescu
mesh_terms: D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D007372:Interferons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D007372:Interferons
vernacular_title: Mécanismes moléculaires de l'effet antiviral de l'interféron.