APOBEC3A enzyme (IMAGE)

University of California - Irvine

APOBEC3A enzyme

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This image depicts the APOBEC3A enzyme (yellow) attacking a DNA (white) to promote the deamination of the cytosine (bright orange) generating DNA mutations in the genome of the cell.

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UCI School of Medicine

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