Article
Analysis of the protease sequences of HIV-1 infected individuals after Indinavir monotherapy.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Oct 2003
Sa-Filho Dercy J, Costa Luciana J, de Oliveira Carlos F, Guimarães Ana Paula C, Accetturi Conceição A, Tanuri Amilcar, Diaz Ricardo S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Protease inhibitors (PI) are an important HIV-1 treatment tool. The HIV-1 genetic diversity as a result of antiretroviral exposure is a potential barrier to successful antiretroviral therapy. OBJECTIVES: To describe the impact of the selective pressure of the PI Indinavir in the protease region of the pol gene of HIV-1. STUDY DESIGN: We have examined the extent of protease sequence heterogeneity in...
Topics
- DNA, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- HIV Protease
- HIV Protease Inhibitors
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Indinavir
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
