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Dancin' deaminase

New biochemical experiments with the retroelement restriction protein APOBEC3G indicate that it processively deaminates single-stranded DNA cytosines by a unique jumping and sliding mechanism.

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Figure 1: DNA cytosine deamination by human APOBEC3G.

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Harris, R., Matsuo, H. Dancin' deaminase. Nat Struct Mol Biol 13, 380–381 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb0506-380

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