RNA-dependent oligomerization of APOBEC3G is required for restriction of HIV-1.

The human cytidine deaminase APOBEC3G (A3G) is a potent inhibitor of retroviruses and transposable elements and is able to deaminate cytidines to uridines in single-stranded DNA replication intermediates. A3G contains two canonical cytidine deaminase domains (CDAs), of which only the C-terminal one...

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Main Authors: Hendrik Huthoff, Flavia Autore, Sarah Gallois-Montbrun, Franca Fraternali, Michael H Malim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19266078/pdf/?tool=EBI