Recovery of APOBEC3-edited human immunodeficiency virus G→A hypermutants by differential DNA denaturation PCR Suspène, Rodolphe and Henry, Michel and Guillot, Sophie and Wain-Hobson, Simon and Vartanian, Jean-Pierre,, 86, 125-129 (2005), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.80426-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 0022-1317, abstract= Virus genomes from the same family may exhibit a wide range in their DNA GC content, whereas viral hypermutants differ substantially in GC content from their parental genomes. As AT-rich DNA melts at lower temperatures than GC-rich DNA, use of a lower denaturation temperature during PCR should allow differential amplification of AT-rich genomes or variants within a quasispecies. The latter situation has been explored explicitly in a two-step process by using a series of well-defined viral sequences differing in their AT content. Firstly, the lowest denaturation temperature (T p) that allowed amplification of the parental sequence was determined. Secondly, differential amplification of AT-rich viral variants was obtained by using a denaturation temperature 1–3 °C lower than T p. Application of this sensitive method to two different viruses allowed us to identify human immunodeficiency virus type 1 G→A hypermutants in a situation where none were expected and to amplify AT-rich variants selectively within a spectrum of poliovirus mutants., language=, type=