Abstract: More importantly, we show that at least two of the three clinically relevant drug resistant
integrase mutants we tested,
N155H and
G140S/
Q148H, which reduce the enzymatic activity of
Result: We tested three
IN mutants, all of which reduced the susceptibility of the virus (and
IN) to RAL, and caused a reduction in the relative infectivity of the single-round HIV vector used in our assay system (
Y143R, residual titer is 40-45 % of WT;
N155H, ~40 % of WT, and
G140S/
Q148H, 30-35 % of WT).