Table 1.

Peptide inhibitors of HIV-1 fusion *.

Peptide	Target	Experimental System	Reference
CBZ-D-Phe-L-Phe-Gly	gp41 fusion peptide	Cell–cell fusion; infection	[18]
gp41 N-terminal hexapeptide	gp41 fusion peptide	gp120/gp41 pseudo-virus fusion	[19]
aa 81–92 of CD4	gp120	Cell–cell fusion; infection	[20]
CD4 CDR-3-like domain	gp120	Cell–cell fusion	[21]
V3 loop eight-branched peptide	gp120	HIV infection	[22]
DP-178	gp41 NHR	Cell–cell fusion	[23,24]
PEG-C34	gp41 NHR	Cell–cell fusion	[25]
Cholesterol-C34	gp41 NHR	Infection	[26]
PIE12-trimer	gp41 NHR hydrophobic pocket	HIV-1 and pseudo-type infection	[27]

* Abbreviation: NHR, N-terminal heptad repeat.