| Literature DB >> 19457988 |
Maria Carmen Puertas1, Maria Jose Buzón, Anna Artese, Stefano Alcaro, Luis Menendez-Arias, Carlo Federico Perno, Bonaventura Clotet, Francesca Ceccherini-Silberstein, Javier Martinez-Picado.
Abstract
A negative association between polymorphism Leu-214 and type-1 thymidine analogue mutations (TAM1) and a positive association with a clinically favorable virological response to thymidine analogue-based combination antiretroviral therapy have been described. In this study, the impact of Leu-214 on replication capacity and resistance to zidovudine (ZDV) of viruses containing TAM1 or TAM2 was determined. Leu-214 decreased the growth rate of viruses bearing Tyr-215, as well as their resistance to ZDV. This observation was confirmed by structural and molecular modeling data, suggesting a regulatory role for Leu-214 in the emergence and phenotypic resistance of TAM1.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19457988 PMCID: PMC2708641 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00487-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103