Abstract: Biochemical and phenotypic characterization of AAP-BHAPresistant HIV-1IIIB variants revealed that high-level resistance to the AAP-BHAPs was mediated by a
Gly-190->Glu substitution in
RT, which had a deleterious effect on the integrity and enzymatic activity of virion-associated
RT heterodimers, as well as the replication capacity of these resistant viruses.