Why do HIV-1 and HIV-2 use different pathways to develop AZT resistance?

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) develops resistance to all available drugs, including the nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) such as AZT. ATP-mediated excision underlies the most common form of HIV-1 resistance to AZT. However, clinical data suggest that when...

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Main Authors: Paul L Boyer, Stefan G Sarafianos, Patrick K Clark, Eddy Arnold, Stephen H Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.0020010&type=printable
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