APOBEC3:

Adam K Hedger1,2, Wazo Myint3, Jeong Min Lee1

  • 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, United States.

Nucleic acids research
|March 29, 2025
PubMed
概括

研究人员开发出强大的寡核酸抑制剂,向APOBEC3酶 (A3A和A3G),这对癌症和病毒耐药性至关重要. 这些改性DNA抑制剂显示出增强的稳定性和有效性,为新的A3向疗法铺平了道路.

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