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Figure 8.
Figure 8 Schematic relationships among events that affect excision-based NRTI resistance (dNTP binding, translocation, excision). Factors that affect any stage will affect the overall equilibrium. X is an NRTI (red), A is ATP (orange) and dNTP (cyan) is the cognate nucleotide triphosphate.

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Macmillan Publishers Ltd: EMBO J (2002, 21, 6614-6624) copyright 2002.