Human APOBEC1 cytidine deaminase edits HBV DNA

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Retroviruses, hepadnaviruses, and some other retroelements are vulnerable to editing by single stranded DNA cytidine deaminases. Of the eleven human genes encoding such enzymes, eight have demonstrable enzymatic activity. Six of seven human APOBEC3 are able to hy...

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Main Authors: Wain-Hobson Simon, Guétard Denise, Henry Michel, Suspène Rodolphe, Gonzalez Minerva, Vartanian Jean-Pierre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:Retrovirology
Online Access:http://www.retrovirology.com/content/6/1/96