zidovudine 5-triphosphate

chemical compound

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AZT

  • In AZT

    …compound of AZT, known as zidovudine 5-triphosphate, has a high affinity (attraction) for an enzyme called reverse transcriptase, which is used by retroviruses such as HIV to replicate viral single-stranded RNA (ribonucleic acid) into proviral double-stranded DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). Zidovudine 5-triphosphate is similar in structure to thymidine

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