Unprocessed viral DNA could be the primary target of the HIV-1 integrase inhibitor raltegravir.

Integration of HIV DNA into host chromosome requires a 3'-processing (3'-P) and a strand transfer (ST) reactions catalyzed by virus integrase (IN). Raltegravir (RAL), commonly used in AIDS therapy, belongs to the family of IN ST inhibitors (INSTIs) acting on IN-viral DNA complexes (intasom...

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Main Authors: Farah F Ammar, Safwat Abdel-Azeim, Loussinée Zargarian, Zeina Hobaika, Richard G Maroun, Serge Fermandjian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3388078?pdf=render