Diverse functions for DNA and RNA editing in the immune system

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Polynucleotide DNA and RNA editing enzymes alter nucleic acid sequences and can thereby modify encoded informational content. Two major families of polynucleotide editing enzymes, the AID/APOBEC cytidine deaminases (which catalyze the deamination of cytidine to uridine) and the adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs, which catalyze the deamination of adenosine to inosine), function in a variety of host defense...

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