APOBEC3A Protein (IMAGE)

University of California - Irvine

APOBEC3A Protein

Caption

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

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UCI School of Medicine

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