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The interesting relationship between APOBEC3 deoxycytidine deaminases and cancer: a long road ahead.
Open biology - 1 Dec 2020
Granadillo Rodríguez Milaid, Flath Ben, Chelico Linda
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Cancer is considered a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells and is propelled by somatic mutations. Apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like 3 (APOBEC3) family of enzymes are endogenous sources of somatic mutations found in multiple human cancers. While these enzymes normally act as an intrinsic immune defence against viruses, they can also...
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