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Nucleic acid template and the risk of a PCR-Induced HIV-1 drug resistance mutation.
PloS one - 7 Jun 2010
Varghese Vici, Wang Elijah, Babrzadeh Farbod, Bachmann Michael H, Shahriar Rajin, Liu Tommy, Mappala Svetlana Jean M, Gharizadeh Baback, Fessel W Jeffrey, Katzenstein David, Kassaye Seble, Shafer Robert W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The HIV-1 nucleoside RT inhibitor (NRTI)-resistance mutation, K65R confers intermediate to high-level resistance to the NRTIs abacavir, didanosine, emtricitabine, lamivudine, and tenofovir; and low-level resistance to stavudine. Several lines of evidence suggest that K65R is more comm...
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