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3'-Azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) and AZT-resistant reverse transcriptase can increase the in vivo mutation rate of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2000
Mansky L M, Bernard L C
Abstract excerpt
How antiretroviral drug resistance influences human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) evolution is not clear. This study tested the hypothesis that antiretroviral drugs such as 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) can influence the in vivo mutation rate of HIV-1. It was observed that AZT can increase the rate of HIV-1 mutation by a factor of 7 in a single round of replication. In addition,...
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