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Structural and Functional Characterization of the Secondary Mutation N126K Selected by Various HIV-1 Fusion Inhibitors.
Viruses - 18 Mar 2020
Yu Danwei, Su Yang, Ding Xiaohui, Zhu Yuanmei, Qin Bo, Chong Huihui, Cui Sheng, He Yuxian
Abstract excerpt
Peptides derived from the C-terminal heptad repeat (CHR) region of HIV-1 gp41 is potent viral membrane fusion inhibitors, such as the first clinically approved peptide drug T20 and a group of newly-designed peptides. The resistance profiles of various HIV-1 fusion inhibitors were previously characterized, and the secondary mutation N126K in the gp41 CHR was routinely identified during the in vitro and in vivo...
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