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Structural features in common of HBV and HIV-1 resistance against chirally-distinct nucleoside analogues entecavir and lamivudine.
Scientific reports - 20 Feb 2020
Yasutake Yoshiaki, Hattori Shin-Ichiro, Tamura Noriko, Matsuda Kouki, Kohgo Satoru, Maeda Kenji, Mitsuya Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health problem that affects millions of people worldwide. Nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors, such as entecavir (ETV) and lamivudine (3TC), serve as crucial anti-HBV drugs. However, structural studies of HBV RT have been hampered due to its unexpectedly poor solubility. Here, we show that human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1)...
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