Abstract: To assess the impact of drug resistance mutations on the activity of
IN of HIV-1 subtype A strain FSU-A, which is dominant in Russia, variants of the consensus
IN of this subtype containing the primary resistance mutations
G118R and
Q148K and secondary compensatory substitutions
E138K and
G140S were prepared and characterized.
Conclusion: Recombinant
IN activity reduced by drug resistant mutations usually corresponds to a reduced replicative capacity of the mutant virus; therefore, we can expect the emergence and fixation of drug-resistant variants of HIV-1 FSU