title: trans-Platinum reporting for duty.
abstract: HIV infects millions of people worldwide; however, no cures for this AIDS-causing retrovirus exist. A new approach using trans-platinum-nucleobase complexes to inhibit viral replication by disrupting the nucleocapsid protein-RNA interaction is presented in this issue of Chemistry & Biology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA.
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burdette
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008958:Models, Molecular; D017671:Platinum Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D017671:Platinum Compounds; D015032:Zinc