Zafiria Athanassiou

Simultaneous recognition of HIV-1 TAR RNA bulge and loop sequences by cyclic peptide mimics of Tat protein

Amy Davidson, Thomas C. Leeper, Zafiria Athanassiou et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 181 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology +17

Structural Mimicry of Retroviral Tat Proteins by Constrained β-Hairpin Peptidomimetics:  Ligands with High Affinity and Selectivity for Viral TAR RNA Regulatory Elements

Zafiria Athanassiou, Ricardo L. A. Dias, Kerstin Moehle et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2004 · 95 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17

Inhibition of Both HIV-1 Reverse Transcription and Gene Expression by a Cyclic Peptide that Binds the Tat-Transactivating Response Element (TAR) RNA

Matthew S. Lalonde, Michael A. Lobritz, Annette N. Ratcliff et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2011 · 78 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Biology +17

Structure-Guided Peptidomimetic Design Leads to Nanomolar β-Hairpin Inhibitors of the Tat−TAR Interaction of Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus^,

Zafiria Athanassiou, Krystyna Patora, Ricardo L. A. Dias et al. · Biochemistry · 2006 · 74 citations

Life Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Biology +17

Macrocyclic Hairpin Mimetics of the Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide Protegrin I: A New Family of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics

Sasalu C. Shankaramma, Zafiria Athanassiou, Oliver Zerbe et al. · ChemBioChem · 2002 · 68 citations

Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +17