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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading cause of congenital infection and a frequent opportunistic agent in immunocompromised hosts such as transplant recipients and AIDS patients. CMV DNA polymerase, a member of the polymerase B family, is the primary target of all available antivirals (ganciclovir, cidofovir, and foscarnet) and certain variations of this enzyme could lead to drug resistance. However, understanding the drug resistance mechanisms at the atomic level is hampered by the lack of its three‐dimensional (3D) structure. In the present work, 3D models of two different conformations (closed and open) for CMV DNA polymerase have been built based on the crystal structures of bacteriophage RB69 DNA polymerase (a member of the polymerase B family) by using the 3D‐Jury Meta server and the program MODELLER. Most of the variations on CMV DNA polymerase pertinent to ganciclovir/cidofovir and …