mBio (Feb 2021)

Mechanistic Analysis of the Broad Antiretroviral Resistance Conferred by HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Mutations

  • Yuta Hikichi,
  • Rachel Van Duyne,
  • Phuong Pham,
  • Jennifer L. Groebner,
  • Ann Wiegand,
  • John W. Mellors,
  • Mary F. Kearney,
  • Eric O. Freed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03134-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1

Abstract

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Although combination antiretroviral (ARV) therapy is highly effective in controlling the progression of HIV disease, drug resistance can be a major obstacle. Recent findings suggest that resistance can develop without ARV target gene mutations.