Abstract: HIV-1
RT containing the Delta67 complex of mutations was not able to excise as broad a range of
NRTIs as the fingers insertion variant SSGR/
T215Y, but it was able to polymerize efficiently with low concentrations of deoxynucleoside triphosphates and seems to be able to excise AZTMP and PMPA at lower ATP concentrations than AZT-R or SSGR/
T215Y, suggesting that a virus containing the Delta67 complex of mutations would replicate reasonably well in quiescent cells, even in the presence of AZT.
Abstract: HIV-1 variants containing amino acid substitutions within the coding region of HIV-1
reverse transcriptase (
RT), such as the 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT)-resistant variant AZT-R (
M41L/
D67N/
PMID: 15332433
2004
AIDS reviews