The curious case of APOBEC3 activation by cancer-associated human papillomaviruses

Nicholas A. Wallace; Karl Münger

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006717

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The curious case of APOBEC3 activation by cancer-associated human papillomaviruses

Nicholas A. Wallace ,

* E-mail: nwallac@ksu.edu (NAW); karl.munger@tufts.edu (KM)

Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3971-716X

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Karl Münger

* E-mail: nwallac@ksu.edu (NAW); karl.munger@tufts.edu (KM)

Affiliation Department of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3288-9935

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The curious case of APOBEC3 activation by cancer-associated human papillomaviruses

Nicholas A. Wallace,
Karl Münger

Published: January 11, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006717

About the Authors

Nicholas A. Wallace

* E-mail: nwallac@ksu.edu (NAW); karl.munger@tufts.edu (KM)

Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3971-716X

Karl Münger

* E-mail: nwallac@ksu.edu (NAW); karl.munger@tufts.edu (KM)

Affiliation Department of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3288-9935

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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