an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs
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protease inhibitor::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pi |
| Type of | antiviral agent, antiviral, antiviral drug |
| Has types | viracept, crixivan, norvir, ritonavir, saquinavir, indinavir, invirase, nelfinavir |
Examples of protease inhibitor
protease inhibitor
It gets its real kick from the protease inhibitor indinavir, approved last year.
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Protease inhibitor profiling linked the proteolytic activity to metalloproteases.
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Vertex co-discovered the HIV protease inhibitor, Lexiva, with GlaxoSmithKline.
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Def-mediated p53 degradation was inhibited by the cysteine protease inhibitor.
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The mutants retained sensitivity to the early protease inhibitor saquinavir.
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Volunteers in the second study received the protease inhibitor nelfinavir.
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Effects of the HIV protease inhibitor ritonavir in GLUT4 knockout mice.
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The team then used a specific small-molecule protease inhibitor of calpain in these mice.
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For example, the structure of another HIV protease inhibitor tipranavir is shown on the left.
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