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Delayed Chain Termination Protects the Anti-hepatitis B Virus Drug Entecavir from Excision by HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase
21 Oct 2008
Abstract excerpt
Entecavir (ETV) is a potent antiviral nucleoside analogue that is used to treat hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Recent clinical studies have demonstrated that ETV is also active against the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Unlike all approved nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase RT) inhibitors (NRTIs), ETV contains a 3'-hydroxyl group that allows further nucleotide incorporation events to...
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