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Factors Affecting Template Usage in the Development of K65R Resistance in Subtype C Variants of HIV Type-1
27 Nov 2009
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BACKGROUND: We have shown that the K65R resistance mutation in HIV type-1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) is selected more rapidly in subtype C than subtype B HIV-1 in biochemical, cell culture and clinical studies. Template-usage experiments demonstrated that subtype C nucleotide coding sequences caused RT to preferentially pause, leading to K65R acquisition. This new study now further establishes the basis...
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