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Purification and characterization of naturally occurring HIV-1 (South African subtype C) protease mutants from inclusion bodies.
Protein expression and purification - 1 Jun 2016
Maseko Sibusiso B, Natarajan Satheesh, Sharma Vikas, Bhattacharyya Neelakshi, Govender Thavendran, Sayed Yasien, Maguire Glenn E M, Lin Johnson, Kruger Hendrik G
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in sub-Saharan Africa represent about 56% of global infections. Many studies have targeted HIV-1 protease for the development of drugs against AIDS. Recombinant HIV-1 protease is used to screen new drugs from synthetic compounds or natural substances. Along with the wild type (C-SA) we also over-expressed and characterized two mutant forms from patients that had shown...
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