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Minimal Contribution of APOBEC3-Induced G-to-A Hypermutation to HIV-1 Recombination and Genetic Variation.
PLoS pathogens - 1 May 2016
Delviks-Frankenberry Krista A, Nikolaitchik Olga A, Burdick Ryan C, Gorelick Robert J, Keele Brandon F, Hu Wei-Shau, Pathak Vinay K
Abstract excerpt
Although the predominant effect of host restriction APOBEC3 proteins on HIV-1 infection is to block viral replication, they might inadvertently increase retroviral genetic variation by inducing G-to-A hypermutation. Numerous studies have disagreed on the contribution of hypermutation to viral genetic diversity and evolution. Confounding factors contributing to the debate include the extent of lethal (stop codon)...
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