Abstract: The bisheteroarylpiperazine (BHAP) U-90152S, a highly specific inhibitor (IC50, 0.29 +/- 0.01 microM) of HIV-1
RT, inhibited the recombinant
Y181I and
Y188L HIV-1
RT mutants with IC50 values of 3.6 +/- 0.15 microM and 0.71 +/- 0.02 microM, respectively.
Abstract: The replacement of either Tyr-181 or Tyr-188 of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)
reverse transcriptase (
RT) by the corresponding HIV-2
RT a