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Evolution of a novel 5-amino-acid insertion in the beta3-beta4 loop of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.
Virology - 1 Aug 2007
Huigen Marleen C D G, de Graaf Loek, Eggink Dirk, Schuurman Rob, Müller Viktor, Stamp Anna, Stammers David K, Boucher Charles A B, Nijhuis Monique
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 isolates harbouring an insertion in the beta3-beta4 loop of reverse transcriptase (RT) confer high-level resistance to nucleoside analogues. We have identified a novel 5-amino-acid insertion (KGSNR amino acids 66-70) in a patient on prolonged nucleoside combination therapy (didanosine and stavudine) and investigated which factors were responsible for its outgrowth. Remarkably, only small fold increases in...
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