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DNA deamination mediates innate immunity to retroviral infection.
Cell - 13 Jun 2003
Harris Reuben S, Bishop Kate N, Sheehy Ann M, Craig Heather M, Petersen-Mahrt Svend K, Watt Ian N, Neuberger Michael S, Malim Michael H
Abstract excerpt
CEM15/APOBEC3G is a cellular protein required for resistance to infection by virion infectivity factor (Vif)-deficient human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Here, using a murine leukemia virus (MLV)-based system, we provide evidence that CEM15/APOBEC3G is a DNA deaminase that is incorporated into virions during viral production and subsequently triggers massive deamination of deoxycytidine to deoxyuridine within...
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