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Powerful mutators lurking in the genome

Powerful mutators lurking in the genome

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Powerful mutators lurking in the genome

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Powerful mutators lurking in the genome

Publisher

London: The Royal Society

Journal title

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences, 2009-03, Vol.364 (1517), p.705-715

Language

English

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London: The Royal Society

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Contents

The human genome encodes numerous enzymes capable of deaminating polynucleotides. While they are capable of exquisite specificity, occasionally they result in hypermutation where up to 90 per cent of cytidine or adenosine residues may be edited. As such, they constitute a formidable anti-viral barrier, for no virus can survive such a high mutation...

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Powerful mutators lurking in the genome

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1098_rstb_2008_0272

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1098_rstb_2008_0272

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ISSN

0962-8436

E-ISSN

1471-2970

DOI

10.1098/rstb.2008.0272

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