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Distribution and effects of amino acid changes in drug-resistant α and β herpesviruses DNA polymerase.
Nucleic acids research - 16 Nov 2016
Topalis D, Gillemot S, Snoeck R, Andrei G
Abstract excerpt
Emergence of drug-resistance to all FDA-approved antiherpesvirus agents is an increasing concern in immunocompromised patients. Herpesvirus DNA polymerase (DNApol) is currently the target of nucleos(t)ide analogue-based therapy. Mutations in DNApol that confer resistance arose in immunocompromised patients infected with herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), and to lesser extent in...
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