The object of the present invention is to provide a screening method of a
new integrase inhibitor being able to inhibit an HIV infection before the
reverse transcription step and having a pharmaceutical site of action
totally different from those of traditional integrase inhibitors, a new
integrase inhibitor being obtainable by the screening method, and
pharmaceutical constituents containing the integrase inhibitor and DNA
encoding the integrase inhibitor being greatly expected as new remedies
for AIDS. A peptide which specifically binds to a peptide at N-terminal
domain of retroviral integrase was screened by phage display method, and
as a result of the screening, a peptide being able to inhibit the
infection and the proliferation of retroviruses such as HIV-1 before the
reverse transcription reaction is obtained.