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Resolution of Specific Nucleotide Mismatches by Wild-Type and AZT-Resistant Reverse Transcriptases during HIV-1 Replication.
Journal of molecular biology - 5 Jun 2016
Kharytonchyk Siarhei, King Steven R, Ndongmo Clement B, Stilger Krista L, An Wenfeng, Telesnitsky Alice
Abstract excerpt
A key contributor to HIV-1 genetic variation is reverse transcriptase errors. Some mutations result because reverse transcriptase (RT) lacks 3' to 5' proofreading exonuclease and can extend mismatches. However, RT also excises terminal nucleotides to a limited extent, and this activity contributes to AZT resistance. Because HIV-1 mismatch resolution has been studied in vitro but only indirectly during...
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