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Polymorphism in human APOBEC3H affects a phenotype dominant for subcellular localization and antiviral activity.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 2011
Li Melody M H, Emerman Michael
Abstract excerpt
The APOBEC3 family of cytidine deaminases is part of the innate host defense targeted toward retroviruses and retroelements. APOBEC3H is the most distantly related member of the family and carries functional polymorphisms in current human populations. Haplotype II of APOBEC3H, which is more commonly found in individuals of African descent, encodes a protein with the highest antiviral activity in cells, whereas...
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