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Michael A. Parniak is a researcher affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a notable emphasis on Infectious Diseases and Virology. Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Epidemiology also form part of their research interests.

The scientist's research topics extensively cover HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, HIV research and treatment, and HIV/AIDS research and interventions. Additional topics include biochemical and molecular research, quinazolinone synthesis and applications, and hepatitis B virus studies.

Michael A. Parniak has contributed to a number of publications, including recent papers such as:

  • HIV-1 Resistance to Islatravir/Tenofovir Combination Therapy in Wild-Type or NRTI-Resistant Strains of Diverse HIV-1 Subtypes, 2023, Viruses
  • HIV-1 resistance to islatravir/tenofovir combination therapy in wild-type or NRTI resistant strains of diverse HIV-1 subtypes, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Discovery of Benzisothiazolone Derivatives as Bifunctional Inhibitors of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase DNA Polymerase and Ribonuclease H Activities, 2024, Biomolecules
  • Discovery of Benzisothiazolone Derivatives as Bifunctional Inhibitors of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase DNA Polymerase and Ribonuclease H Activities, 2024, Preprints.org
  • Broad-Spectrum Anti-HIV Microbicide Activity of the Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor UC781, 2025, International Journal of Virology and AIDS

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Maria E. Cilento
  • Hiroaki Mitsuya
  • Philip R. Tedbury
  • Stefan G. Sarafianos
  • Xin Wen

Michael A. Parniak's work appears regularly in publications such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Viruses, Biomolecules, Preprints.org, and the International Journal of Virology and AIDS. These venues reflect their active engagement with current research on viral infections and therapeutic interventions.

Best Publications

  • Structure and function of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase: molecular mechanisms of polymerization and inhibition.

    Stefan G. Sarafianos;Bruno Marchand;Kalyan Das;Daniel M. Himmel

  • Phenotypic mechanism of HIV-1 resistance to 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT): increased polymerization processivity and enhanced sensitivity to pyrophosphate of the mutant viral reverse transcriptase.

    Dominique Arion;Neerja Kaushik;Suzanne McCormick;Gadi Borkow

  • Enhanced fidelity of 3TC-selected mutant HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.

    Mark A. Wainberg;William C. Drosopoulos;Horacio Salomon;Mayla Hsu

  • The same mutation that encodes low-level human immunodeficiency virus type 1 resistance to 2',3'-dideoxyinosine and 2',3'-dideoxycytidine confers high-level resistance to the (-) enantiomer of 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine.

    Qing Gao;Zhengxian Gu;M. A. Parniak;J. Cameron

  • Identification of a mutation at codon 65 in the IKKK motif of reverse transcriptase that encodes human immunodeficiency virus resistance to 2',3'-dideoxycytidine and 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine.

    Zhengxian Gu;Qing Gao;H. Fang;H. Salomon

  • Novel mutation in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase gene that encodes cross-resistance to 2',3'-dideoxyinosine and 2',3'-dideoxycytidine.

    Z Gu;Q Gao;X Li;M A Parniak

  • HYBRIDS OF RNA AND ARABINONUCLEIC ACIDS (ANA AND 2'F-ANA) ARE SUBSTRATES OF RIBONUCLEASE H

    M. J. Damha;C. J. Wilds;A. Noronha;I. Brukner

  • Selective inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase-associated ribonuclease H activity by hydroxylated tropolones

    Scott R. Budihas;Inna Gorshkova;Sergei Gaidamakov;Antony Wamiru

  • The M184V Mutation in the Reverse Transcriptase of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Impairs Rescue of Chain-Terminated DNA Synthesis

    Matthias Götte;Dominique Arion;Michael A. Parniak;Mark A. Wainberg;Mark A. Wainberg

  • In vitro selection of variants of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 resistant to 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine and 2',3'-dideoxyinosine.

    Qing Gao;Zhengxian Gu;M. A. Parniak;Xuguang Li

  • A fluorescence-based high-throughput screening assay for inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus-1 reverse transcriptase-associated ribonuclease H activity.

    Michael A Parniak;Kyung-Lyum Min;Scott R Budihas;Stuart F.J Le Grice

  • HIV-1 reverse transcriptase structure with RNase H inhibitor dihydroxy benzoyl naphthyl hydrazone bound at a novel site.

    Daniel M. Himmel;Stefan G. Sarafianos;Stefan G. Sarafianos;Sanjeewa Dharmasena;Mohammed M. Hossain

  • Mechanism of inhibition of HIV-1 infection in vitro by purified extract of Prunella vulgaris.

    Xiao-Jian Yao;Mark A. Wainberg;Mark A. Wainberg;Michael A. Parniak;Michael A. Parniak

  • Chemical barriers to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection: retrovirucidal activity of UC781, a thiocarboxanilide nonnucleoside inhibitor of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.

    G Borkow;J Barnard;T M Nguyen;A Belmonte

  • Design, synthesis, biochemical, and antiviral evaluations of C6 benzyl and C6 biarylmethyl substituted 2-hydroxylisoquinoline-1,3-diones: dual inhibition against HIV reverse transcriptase-associated RNase H and polymerase with antiviral activities.

    Sanjeev Kumar V. Vernekar;Zheng Liu;Eva Nagy;Lena Miller

  • Molecular mechanisms of HIV-1 resistance to nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs).

    N Sluis-Cremer;D Arion;M A Parniak

  • Human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 nucleocapsid protein (NCp7) directs specific initiation of minus-strand DNA synthesis primed by human tRNA(Lys3) in vitro: studies of viral RNA molecules mutated in regions that flank the primer binding site.

    X Li;Y Quan;E J Arts;Z Li

  • Comparison of deoxyoligonucleotide and tRNA(Lys-3) as primers in an endogenous human immunodeficiency virus-1 in vitro reverse transcription/template-switching reaction.

    E. J. Arts;Xuguang Li;Zhengxian Gu;L. Kleiman

  • Effects of alterations of primer-binding site sequences on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication.

    Xuguang Li;Johnson Mak;Eric J. Arts;Zhengxian Gu

  • Genetic Divergence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Ethiopian Clade C Reverse Transcriptase (RT) and Rapid Development of Resistance against Nonnucleoside Inhibitors of RT

    Hugues Loemba;Bluma Brenner;Michael A. Parniak;Shlomo Ma'ayan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Wainberg
Mark A. Wainberg McGill University
Lawrence Kleiman
Lawrence Kleiman McGill University
Masad J. Damha
Masad J. Damha McGill University
Charles R. Scriver
Charles R. Scriver McGill University
Eric J. Arts
Eric J. Arts University of Western Ontario
Seymour Kaufman
Seymour Kaufman National Institutes of Health
Johnson Mak
Johnson Mak Griffith University
Bluma G. Brenner
Bluma G. Brenner McGill University
Chen Liang
Chen Liang McGill University
Michel J. Tremblay
Michel J. Tremblay Université Laval

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