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HIV-1 drug-resistance and drug-dependence.
Retrovirology - 25 Oct 2007
Baldwin Chris, Berkhout Ben
Abstract excerpt
In this review, we will describe several recent HIV-1 studies in which a drug-dependent virus variant was selected. A common evolutionary route to the drug-dependence phenotype is proposed. First, the selection of a drug-resistance mutation that also affects the function of the targeted viral protein. Second, a compensatory mutation that repairs the protein function, but in the presence of the drug, which becomes...
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