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Evidence for ADAR-induced hypermutation of the Drosophila sigma virus (Rhabdoviridae).
BMC genetics - 26 Nov 2009
Carpenter Jennifer A, Keegan Liam P, Wilfert Lena, O'Connell Mary A, Jiggins Francis M
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BACKGROUND: ADARs are RNA editing enzymes that target double stranded RNA and convert adenosine to inosine, which is read by translation machinery as if it were guanosine. Aside from their role in generating protein diversity in the central nervous system, ADARs have been implicated in the hypermutation of some RNA viruses, although why this hypermutation occurs is not well understood. RESULTS: Here we describe...
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