Viral quasispecies and the problem of vaccine-escape and drug-resistant mutants

EJ Lien, A Das, P Nandy, S Ren, H Kleinkauf… - Progress in Drug …, 1997 - Springer
Since a first version of this article on the relevance of quasispecies to viral disease control
was published by one of us [1], an explosion of information on viral quasispecies has been …

Complexes of HIV-1 RT, NNRTI and RNA/DNA hybrid reveal a structure compatible with RNA degradation

M Lapkouski, L Tian, JT Miller, SFJ Le Grice… - Nature structural & …, 2013 - nature.com
Hundreds of structures of type 1 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) reverse
transcriptase (RT) have been determined, but only one contains an RNA/DNA hybrid. Here …

Search for non-nucleoside inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase using chemical similarity, molecular docking, and MM-GB/SA scoring

G Barreiro, CRW Guimarães… - Journal of chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
A virtual screening protocol has been applied to seek non-nucleoside inhibitors of HIV-1
reverse transcriptase (NNRTIs) and its K103N mutant. First, a chemical similarity search on …

Estimation of binding affinities for HEPT and nevirapine analogues with HIV-1 reverse transcriptase via Monte Carlo simulations

RC Rizzo, J Tirado-Rives… - Journal of medicinal …, 2001 - ACS Publications
The interactions and energetics associated with the binding of 20 HEPT and 20 nevirapine
nonnucleoside inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) have been explored in an effort …

Sulfanyltriazole/tetrazoles: a promising class of HIV-1 NNRTIs

P Zhan, Z Li, X Liu, E De Clercq - Mini reviews in medicinal …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
There is an urgent need for the design and development of new and safer drugs for the
treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, specifically active against drug …

Functional analysis of substrate and cofactor complex structures of a thymidylate synthase-complementing protein

II Mathews, AM Deacon, JM Canaves, D McMullan… - Structure, 2003 - cell.com
Like thymidylate synthase (TS) in eukaryotes, the thymidylate synthase-complementing
proteins (TSCPs) are mandatory for cell survival of many prokaryotes in the absence of …

Structure of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase bound to an inhibitor active against mutant reverse transcriptases resistant to other nonnucleoside inhibitors

JD Pata, WG Stirtan, SW Goldstein… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
We have determined the crystal structure of the HIV type 1 reverse transcriptase complexed
with CP-94,707, a new nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), to 2.8-Å …

Dihydropyrimidinone-isatin hybrids as novel non-nucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors

TL Devale, J Parikh, P Miniyar, P Sharma… - Bioorganic …, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel series of substituted N-(2-(2, 3-dioxoindolin-1-yl) acetyl)-2-oxo-1, 2, 3, 4-
tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxamide was designed, synthesized and evaluated for in vitro …

Design of non-nucleoside inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase with improved drug resistance properties. 2.

GA Freeman, CW Andrews, AL Hopkins… - Journal of medicinal …, 2004 - ACS Publications
HIV-1 nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) are part of the combination
therapy currently used to treat HIV infection. The features of a new NNRTI drug for HIV …

Polycitone A, a novel and potent general inhibitor of retroviral reverse transcriptases and cellular DNA polymerases

S LOYA, A RUDI, Y KASHMAN, A HIZI - Biochemical Journal, 1999 - portlandpress.com
Polycitone A, an aromatic alkaloid isolated from the ascidian Polycitor sp. exhibits potent
inhibitory capacity of both RNA-and DNA-directed DNA polymerases. The drug inhibits …