APOBEC3A is a prominent cytidine deaminase in breast cancer.

APOBEC cytidine deaminases are the second-most prominent source of mutagenesis in sequenced tumors. Previous studies have proposed that APOBEC3B (A3B) is the major source of mutagenesis in breast cancer (BRCA). We show that APOBEC3A (A3A) is the only APOBEC whose expression correlates with APOBEC-in...

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Main Authors: Luis M Cortez, Amber L Brown, Madeline A Dennis, Christopher D Collins, Alexander J Brown, Debra Mitchell, Tony M Mertz, Steven A Roberts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-12-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008545