A group of HIV drugs that helps keep the virus from making copies of itself. PIs do this by blocking one of the chemicals made by HIV called protease. FDA has approved the following protease inhibitors as drugs to treat HIV disease: LEXIVA® (fosamprenavir), AGENERASE® (amprenavir), Invirase® (saquinavir), Fortovase® (saquinavir), Crixivan® (indinavir), Viracept® (nelfinavir), Norvir® (ritonavir), and Reyataz TM (atazanavir).

protease inhibitors are a family of drugs that includes indinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir, fosamprenavir, atazanavir and lopinavir. It also includes drugs being developed like tipranavir and TMC114.

Proteins that accumulate in the seeds and storage organs of many plants. PIs protect plants against a variety of insect, bacterial and fungal pathogens.

mud and rubble building material

(French) Form of adobe: sun-dried mud packed with straw, palm fronds or spliced tree trunk, used for building

referring to the genus _Pisa_, the Pea ("pisifera" = pea-bearing")

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