Abstract: In addition to wild-type HIV-1, sparsomycin also accelerated the replication of low-fitness, drug-resistant mutants carrying either
D30N or
L90M within HIV-1
protease, which are frequently found mutations in
HIV-1-infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
Abstract: Of particular interest was that replication enhancement appeared profound when HIV-1 such as the
L90M-carrying mutant displayed relatively slower replication kinetics.