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Resistance profiles of novel electrostatically constrained HIV-1 fusion inhibitors.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 10 Dec 2010
Shimura Kazuya, Nameki Daisuke, Kajiwara Keiko, Watanabe Kentaro, Sakagami Yasuko, Oishi Shinya, Fujii Nobutaka, Matsuoka Masao, Sarafianos Stefan G, Kodama Eiichi N
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) gp41 plays a key role in viral fusion; the N- and C-terminal heptad repeats (N-HR and C-HR) of gp41 form a stable 6-helical conformation for fusion. Therefore, HR-derived peptides, such as enfuvirtide (T-20), inhibit HIV-1 fusion by acting as decoys, and have be...
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