Sequence variations in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) and protease, the molecular targets of anti-retroviral drug therapy, are prime examples of genes in which ...

RNA polymerases are sloppy. A retrovirus with an RNA genome, which is copied into DNA by a reverse transcriptase, is prone to mutations because the enzyme lacks the 3’ to 5’ proofreading capability of ...

It is an ester-derived prodrug that is converted in vivo by serum and tissue esterases to tenofovir, an acyclic nucleoside phosphonate (nucleotide) that inhibits HIV reverse transcriptase.

The four main classes, which most people are treated with, target one of three viral proteins which control HIV’s lifecycle: reverse transcriptase, integrase and protease. Historically, most people ...

It belongs to the class of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs ... opportunities to create cross-class combinations, for example, a product combining the components of a PI ...