Background:

Trovirdine inhibits HIV-1 RT with an IC50 of 7 nM when employing heteropolymeric primer/template (oligo-DNA/ribosomal RNA)and dGTP as substrate.IC50 value: 7 nMTarget: HIV-1Trovirdine is currently in phase I clinical trials for potential use in thetreatment of AIDS.

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