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Reading the fine print: sequence-specific activation of cGAS

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A unique guanosine-flanked Y-form DNA triggers innate cGAS-dependent responses that lead to upregulation of the production of type I interferons.

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Figure 1: The recognition of Y-form DNA containing unpaired guanosines by cGAS.

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  1. Jessica J. Chiang is in the Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,

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  2. Michaela U. Gack is in the Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, and the Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.,

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Chiang, J., Gack, M. Reading the fine print: sequence-specific activation of cGAS. Nat Immunol 16, 1009–1010 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.3274

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