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ReviewNucleic acids research2016

Distribution and effects of amino acid changes in drug-resistant α and β herpesviruses DNA polymerase.

D Topalis, S Gillemot, R Snoeck, G Andrei

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Review in Nucleic acids research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

D TopalisRega Institute for Medical Research, Department Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, 3000, Leuven, Belgium dimitrios.topalis@rega.kuleuven.be.
S GillemotRega Institute for Medical Research, Department Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
R SnoeckRega Institute for Medical Research, Department Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
G AndreiRega Institute for Medical Research, Department Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, 3000, Leuven, Belgium graciela.andrei@rega.kuleuven.be.
Rega Institute for Medical Research · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emergence of drug-resistance to all FDA-approved antiherpesvirus agents is an increasing concern in immunocompromised patients. Herpesvirus DNA polymerase (DNApol) is currently the target of nucleos(t)ide analogue-based therapy. Mutations in DNApol that confer resistance arose in immunocompromised patients infected with herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), and to lesser extent in herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2), varicella zoster virus (VZV) and human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6). In this review, we present distinct drug-resistant mutational profiles of herpesvirus DNApol. The impact of specific DNApol amino acid changes on drug-resistance is discussed. The pattern of genetic variability related to drug-resistance differs among the herpesviruses. Two mutational profiles appeared: one favoring amino acid changes in the Palm and Finger domains of DNApol (in α-herpesviruses HSV-1, HSV-2 and VZV), and another with mutations preferentially in the 3'-5' exonuclease domain (in β-herpesvirus HCMV and HHV-6). The mutational profile was also related to the class of compound to which drug-resistance emerged.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SubstitutionDrug Resistance, ViralAnimalsAntiviral AgentsCatalysisConserved SequenceDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA Polymerase betaDNA Polymerase IEnzyme ActivationEvolution, MolecularExodeoxyribonucleasesHerpesviridaeHumansMutationPhenotypeAntiviral AgentsDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA Polymerase betaDNA Polymerase IDNA polymerase, SimplexvirusExodeoxyribonucleasesViral Proteins

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PMID27694307
PMCPMC5175367
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