HIV1 V3 loop hypermutability is enhanced by the guanine usage bias in the part of env gene coding for it
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Guanine is the most mutable nucleotide in HIV genes because of frequently occurring G to A transitions, which are caused by cytosine deamination in viral DNA minus strands catalyzed by APOBEC enzymes. Distribution of guanine between three codon positions shoul... ...
