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HIV-1 escape from the entry-inhibiting effects of a cholesterol-binding compound via cleavage of gp41 by the viral protease.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 May 2007
Waheed Abdul A, Ablan Sherimay D, Roser James D, Sowder Raymond C, Schaffner Carl P, Chertova Elena, Freed Eric O
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 virions are highly enriched in cholesterol relative to the cellular plasma membrane. We recently reported that a cholesterol-binding compound, amphotericin B methyl ester (AME), blocks HIV-1 entry and that single amino acid substitutions in the cytoplasmic tail of the transmembrane envelope glycoprotein gp41 confer resistance to AME. In this study, we defined the mechanism of resistance to AME. We observed...
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