When the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) invades a cell, it produces three essential enzymes that direct the takeover. Two of these—reverse transcriptase and protease—have proved susceptible to inhibitor drugs. Mutations in the AIDS virus, however, have made some strains resistant to these medications (SN: 4/24/93, p. 261).
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