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Title: Effective HIV-1 protease inhibitors should have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:
Post by: kristina92293 on Feb 4, 2018
Effective HIV-1 protease inhibitors should have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:
 
  a. effective delivery in sufficient quantities to the desired site(s) of action in the organism.
  b. relative specificity for the HIV-1 protease.
  c. a backbone OH group that forms a weak association with the two active-site carboxyl groups of the protease.
  d. results in inhibiting the production of new virus particles in cells of infected patients.
  e. broad spectrum enough to be effective against mutant viral forms.


Title: Effective HIV-1 protease inhibitors should have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:
Post by: poot10 on Feb 4, 2018
ANSWER: c