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Inverted repeats in the monkeypox virus genome are hot spots for mutation.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2023
Dobrovolná Michaela, Brázda Václav, Warner Emily F, Bidula Stefan
Abstract excerpt
The current monkeypox virus (MPXV) strain differs from the strain arising in 2018 by 50+ single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and is mutating much faster than expected. The cytidine deaminase apolipoprotein B messenger RNA editing enzyme, catalytic subunit B (APOBEC3) was hypothesized to be driving this increased mutation. APOBEC has recently been identified to preferentially mutate cruciform DNA secondary...
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