A POINT MUTATION WITHIN A DISTINCT CONSERVED REGION OF THE HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS-DNA POLYMERASE GENE CONFERS DRUG-RESISTANCE

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作者
HWANG, CBC [1 ]
RUFFNER, KL [1 ]
COEN, DM [1 ]
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[1] HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT BIOL CHEM & MOLEC PHARMACOL,BOSTON,MA 02115
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10.1128/JVI.66.3.1774-1776.1992
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
We have shown that a drug-resistant mutant from a clinical isolate of herpes simplex virus contains a single point mutation in the DNA polymerase gene that confers resistance to both acyclovir and foscarnet. The mutated amino acid is located within a distinct conserved region shared among alpha-like DNA polymerases which we designate region VII. We infer that these conserved sequences are directly or indirectly involved in the recognition and binding of nucleotide and PP(i) substrates.
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