Gag mutations strongly contribute to HIV-1 resistance to protease inhibitors in highly drug-experienced patients besides compensating for fitness loss.

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) resistance to protease inhibitors (PI) results from mutations in the viral protease (PR) that reduce PI binding but also decrease viral replicative capacity (RC). Additional mutations compensating for the RC loss subsequently accumulate within PR and in Ga...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth Dam, Romina Quercia, Bärbel Glass, Diane Descamps, Odile Launay, Xavier Duval, Hans-Georg Kräusslich, Allan J Hance, François Clavel, ANRS 109 Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2652074?pdf=render