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Zidovudine (AZT) monotherapy selects for the A360V mutation in the connection domain of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Brehm Jessica H, Scott Yanille, Koontz Dianna L, Perry Steven, Hammer Scott, Katzenstein David, Mellors John W, Sluis-Cremer Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We previously demonstrated in vitro that zidovudine (AZT) selects for A371V in the connection domain and Q509L in ribonuclease H (RNase H) domain of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) which, together with the thymidine analog mutations D67N, K70R and T215F, confer greater than 100-fold AZT resistance. The goal of the current study was to determine whether AZT monotherapy in HIV-1 infected patients also...
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