Abstract
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are protein kinases that play a key role in cell division and transcriptional regulation. Recent studies have demonstrated the critical roles of CDKs in various viral infections. However, the molecular processes underpinning CDKs’ roles in viral infection and host antiviral defense are unknown. This minireview briefly overviews CDKs’ functions and highlights the most recent discoveries of CDKs’ emerging roles during viral infections, thereby providing a scientific and theoretical foundation for antiviral regulation and shedding light on developing novel drug targets and therapeutic strategies against viral infection.
Keywords: CDKs; DNA viruses; RNA viruses; viral infection.
【저자키워드】 viral infection, RNA viruses, CDKs, DNA viruses, 【초록키워드】 viral infection, Antiviral, Infection, viral infections, RNA, DNA, RNA viruses, Therapeutic strategies, drug target, molecular, Critical, therapeutic strategy, function, DNA viruses, protein kinase, kinases, protein kinases, cell division, Regulation, transcriptional regulation, Defense, kinase, Host, recent, Cell, highlight, in viral, demonstrated, 【제목키워드】 SARS-CoV-2, kinase,