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The role of steric hindrance in 3TC resistance of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 reverse transcriptase.
Journal of molecular biology - 7 Jul 2000
Gao H Q, Boyer P L, Sarafianos S G, Arnold E, Hughes S H
Abstract excerpt
Treating HIV infections with drugs that block viral replication selects for drug-resistant strains of the virus. Particular inhibitors select characteristic resistance mutations. In the case of the nucleoside analogs 3TC and FTC, resistant viruses are selected with mutations at amino acid residue 184 of reverse transcriptase (RT). The initial change is usually to M184I; this virus is rapidly replaced by a variant...
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