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Mutations in the thumb-connection and RNase H domain of HIV type-1 reverse transcriptase of antiretroviral treatment-experienced patients.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jan 2009
Waters Joshua M, O'Neal Wesley, White Kirsten L, Wakeford Charles, Lansdon Eric B, Harris Jeanette, Svarovskaia Evguenia S, Miller Michael D, Borroto-Esoda Katyna
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral therapy that targets HIV type-1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) can be linked to mutations in the thumb-connection (amino acids [AA] 241-426) and RNase H (AA 427-560) domains, which could affect drug resistance. METHODS: Genotypical and statistical analyses were performed on HIV-1 RT from 100 antiretroviral treatment-naive and 248 antiretroviral treatment-experienced patients, the...
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