id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-022128-r8el8nqm Domingo, Esteban Molecular basis of genetic variation of viruses: error-prone replication 2019-11-08 .txt text/plain 17663 798 39 In the case of viral genomes, mutations can result from different mechanisms: (i) template miscopying (direct incorporation of an incorrect nucleotide); (ii) primer-template misalignments that include miscoding followed by realignment, and misalignment of the template relative to the growing chain (polymerase "slippage" or "stuttering"); (iii) activity of cellular enzymes (i.e., deaminases), or (iv) chemical damage to the viral nucleic acids (deamination, depurination, depyrimidination, reactions with oxygen radicals, direct and indirect effects of ionizing radiation, photochemical reactions, etc.) (Naegeli, 1997; Bloomfield et al., 2000; Friedberg et al., 2006) . In addition to the general environmental and sequence context consequences for templatecopying fidelity that may affect any genome type, mutation rates for DNA viruses will also be influenced by: (i) whether the DNA polymerase that catalyzes viral DNA synthesis includes or lacks a functional proofreading-repair activity. ./cache/cord-022128-r8el8nqm.txt ./txt/cord-022128-r8el8nqm.txt