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C-5-Modified Tetrahydropyrano-Tetrahydofuran-Derived Protease Inhibitors (PIs) Exert Potent Inhibition of the Replication of HIV-1 Variants Highly Resistant to Various PIs, including Darunavir. (Research article)
Journal of Virology
Feb 2016, 90 (5) 2180-2194; DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01829-15

Insights into the mechanism of drug resistance: X-ray structure analysis of multi-drug resistant HIV-1 protease ritonavir complex. (Research article)
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
February 2013, 431(2): 232-238
Related X-ray crystal structure: PDB ID: 4EYR

A multi-drug resistant HIV-1 protease is resistant to the dimerization inhibitory activity of TLF-PafF. (Research article)
Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling
September 2014, 53: 105-111.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2014.06.010
Related X-ray crystal structure: PDB ID: 4NKK

A Conserved Hydrogen-Bonding Network of P2 bis-Tetrahydrofuran-Containing HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors (PIs) with a Protease Active-Site Amino Acid Backbone Aids in Their Activity against PI-Resistant HIV. (Research article)
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Jun 2014, 58 (7) 3679-3688; DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00107-14

P1 and P1′ para-fluoro phenyl groups show enhanced binding and favorable predicted pharmacological properties: Structure-based virtual screening of extended lopinavir analogs against multi-drug resistant HIV-1 protease. (Research article)
Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling
February 2014, 47: 18-24
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2013.10.010

Crystallographic study of multi-drug resistant HIV-1 protease lopinavir complex: Mechanism of drug recognition and resistance. (Research article)
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
July 2013, 437(2): 199-204
Related X-ray crystal structure: PDB ID: 4L1A

Design, synthesis and evaluation of a potent substrate analog inhibitor identified by scanning Ala/Phe mutagenesis, mimicking substrate co-evolution, against multidrug-resistant HIV-1 protease. (Research article)
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
September 2013, 438(4): 703-708
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.07.117

P2′ Benzene Carboxylic Acid Moiety Is Associated with Decrease in Cellular Uptake: Evaluation of Novel Nonpeptidic HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors Containing P2 bis-Tetrahydrofuran Moiety. (Research article)
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Sep 2013, 57 (10) 4920-4927; DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00868-13

Crystal structure of the extracellular domain of human myelin protein zero. (Structure Note)
Proteins (Structure, Function and Bioinformatics)
January 2012, 80(1): 307-313; DOI: 10.1002/prot.23164
Related X-ray crystal structure: PDB ID: 3OAI

Contribution of the 80s loop of HIV-1 protease to the multidrug-resistance mechanism: crystallographic study of MDR769 HIV-1 protease variants. (Research article)
Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology
June 2011, 67(6): 524-532; DOI: 10.1107/S0907444911011541



