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A mutation is a change in the sequence of bases of DNA or RNA in a genome. Some mutations occur during replication of the genome due to errors made by the polymerase enzymes that replicate DNA or RNA. Unlike DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase is prone to errors because it is not capable of “proofreading” its work. Viruses with RNA-based genomes, like HIV, therefore accrue mutations faster than viruses with DNA-based genomes. Because mutation and recombination provide the raw material...

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Transgender HIV research: nothing about us without us

Ayden I Scheim¹, Max Nicolai Appenroth², S Wilson Beckham³

¹Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.

The Lancet. HIV

|August 24, 2019

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