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Structural characterization of B and non-B subtypes of HIV-protease: insights into the natural susceptibility to drug resistance development.
Journal of molecular biology - 15 Jun 2007
Sanches Mario, Krauchenco Sandra, Martins Nadia H, Gustchina Alla, Wlodawer Alexander, Polikarpov Igor
Abstract excerpt
Although a majority of HIV-1 infections in Brazil are caused by the subtype B virus (also prevalent in the United States and Western Europe), viral subtypes F and C are also found very frequently. Genomic differences between the subtypes give rise to sequence variations in the encoded proteins, including the HIV-1 protease. The current anti-HIV drugs have been developed primarily against subtype B and the effects...
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