A compensatory mutation provides resistance to disparate HIV fusion inhibitor peptides and enhances membrane fusion.

Fusion inhibitors are a class of antiretroviral drugs used to prevent entry of HIV into host cells. Many of the fusion inhibitors being developed, including the drug enfuvirtide, are peptides designed to competitively inhibit the viral fusion protein gp41. With the emergence of drug resistance, ther...

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Main Authors: Matthew P Wood, Amy L Cole, Piotr Ruchala, Alan J Waring, Lisa C Rohan, Preston Marx, Patrick M Tarwater, Phalguni Gupta, Alexander M Cole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3564752?pdf=render