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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2015; 21(42): 12091-12100
Published online Nov 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i42.12091
Table 1 Structure, mechanism of action, and incidence of resistance of currently available nucleoside analogues[12,20,21]
Drug nameStructureMechanism of actionIncidence of drug resistance
LAMCytidine analoguePremature chain terminationHigh
LDTThymidine analogueHigh
ETVGuanosine analogueInhibits priming RTLow
Inhibit negative and positive strand synthesis
ADVAdenosine analoguePremature chain terminationHigh
TDFInhibit negative strand synthesisUnknown


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