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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2004, p. 663-665, Vol. 48, No. 2
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.2.663-665.2004
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Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710,1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 372322
Received 25 July 2003/ Returned for modification 25 September 2003/ Accepted 4 November 2003
A class of betulinic acid derivatives was synthesized to target two critical steps in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication cycle, entry and maturation. Each mechanism of HIV-1 inhibition is distinct from clinically available anti-HIV therapeutics. The viral determinants of the antientry and antimaturation activities are the bridging sheet of HIV-1 gp120 and the P24/p2 cleavage site, respectively.
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