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Evolution of AZT resistance in HIV-1: the 41-70 intermediate that is not observed in vivo has a replication defect.
Virology - 10 May 2001
Jeeninga R E, Keulen W, Boucher C, Sanders R W, Berkhout B
Abstract excerpt
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is notorious for its ability to evolve drug-resistance in patients treated with potent antivirals. Resistance to inhibitors of the viral reverse transcriptase (RT) enzyme is frequently mediated by a single amino acid substitution within RT. Resistance against the nucleoside analogue AZT is remarkable in that multiple amino acid changes accumulate over time to yield...
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