nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor

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NRTI, NARTI, "nuke" AIDS A class of drugs that includes AZT–Retrovir, ddI–Videx, ddC–HIVID, d4T–Zerit, 3TC–Epivir, abacavir–Ziagen; reverse transcriptase is the part of HIV that assembles viral DNA; NRTIs inhibit reverse transcriptase by acting as 'dummy' nucleosides. See AIDS.

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No references found			00 Hardcover Infectious disease RC606 Nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), the first antiretroviral agents to be introduced to the market back in 1987, remain a mainstay of anti-HIV therapy. Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors in AIDS Therapy by SciTech Book News About Reverset Reverset is a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is being developed as a once-daily oral HIV therapy by Incyte Corporation and Pharmasset, Inc. PHASE IIB STUDY SHOWS REVERSET ACHIEVES ANTIVIRIRAL BENEFIT by Worldwide Biotech Many people did not achieve durable virologic benefits from these drugs, mainly because they had previously taken and developed resistance to the nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). Therapeutic and diagnostic advances in the HAART era by Cheng, Ben / Research Initiative/Treatment Action!			nucleoid nucleolar nucleolar organizer nucleolar satellite nucleolate nucleoli nucleoliform nucleoloid nucleolonema nucleolus nucleolus organizer nucleon nucleonics nucleopetal nucleophagocytosis nucleophile nucleophilic nucleoplasm nucleoplasmic ratio nucleoplasmin nucleoprotein nucleorrhexis nucleosidase nucleoside nucleoside analog nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor nucleoside analogue Nucleoside analogues nucleoside monophosphate kinase nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors nucleosome nucleotidase nucleotide nucleotidyl nucleotidyltransferase nucleotoxin nucleus nucleus fastigii nucleus gracilis nucleus of solitary tract nucleus pulposus nuclide Nuctane NUD nude mouse nudge control Nudism NUG Nugent forceps Nuhn's gland Nuke			nucleoplasmatic nucleoplasmatic nucleoplasmic nucleoplasmic nucleoplasmic nucleoplasmic ratio nucleoplasmin Nucleopolyhedrovirus Nucleopolyhedrovirus Nucleopolyhedrovirus Nucleoporin Nucleoporin 214-Kd nucleoprotein nucleoprotein nucleoprotein nucleoprotein Nucleoprotein Recombinant Baculovirus Nucleoproteins Nucleoproteins Nucleoproteins nucleor nucleoreticulum nucleorrhexis Núcleos de Defesa Sanitária Animal nucleosidase nucleosidase nucleoside nucleoside nucleoside nucleoside analog nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor nucleoside analogue nucleoside analogue nucleoside analogue nucleoside analogue Nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor Nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor Nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors Nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors Nucleoside analogues Nucleoside analogues Nucleoside Diphoshate Kinase Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase 1 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase A Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase B Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase Cytosolic Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase I Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase Mitochondrial Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase-Like Activity Nucleoside Diphosphate Protein Kinase nucleoside monophosphate kinase Nucleoside phosphorylase Nucleoside Phosphorylase-2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors Nucleoside transport proteins Nucleoside transport proteins Nucleoside transport proteins

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