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Rilpivirine and Doravirine Have Complementary Efficacies Against NNRTI-Resistant HIV-1 Mutants.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 15 Aug 2016
Smith Steven J, Pauly Gary T, Akram Aamir, Melody Kevin, Ambrose Zandrea, Schneider Joel P, Hughes Stephen H
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BACKGROUND: Rilpivirine (RPV) is the latest non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) to be approved by Food and Drug Administration to combat HIV-1 infections. NNRTIs inhibit the chemical step in viral DNA synthesis by binding to an allosteric site located about 10 Å from the polymerase active site of reverse transcriptase (RT). Although NNRTIs potently inhibit the replication of wild-type HIV-1,...
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