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Abstract
Several aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) monomers, monomer analogs, and polymer fractions have been tested as inhibitors of HIV-1 integration protein (IN). Both of the ATA monomers and all of the ATA polymer fractions inhibited a selective DNA cleavage reaction catalyzed by IN. The ATA monomer analogs were inactive or had low activity. The activities of the substances as inhibitors of HIV IN correlated in a positive way with their activities as inhibitors of the cytopathic effect of HIV-1 in CEM and HIV-2 in MT4 cells. These results suggest that inhibition of HIV IN may contribute to the antiviral activity of the ATA monomers and monomer analogs in cell culture.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1599491 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)80958-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575