HIV= human immunodeficeincy virus
RT = Reverse transcriptase
NRTI= Nucleoside-analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor
NNRTI=non-nucleoside-analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor
chain-terminator=NRTI=ddNTP
nucleic acid, nucleotide, nucleoside, dNTP, ddNTP all relate to DNA
Primer= DNA
Template=DNA or RNA
DNA synthesis=chain elongation
in vitro
enzyme kinetics, Kd, Km, Kpol, etc.
amino acids
aactive site
phoshodiester bonds, salt bridges, hydrogen bonds
mutations
crystal structures
