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Statistical characteristics of amino acid covariance as possible descriptors of viral genomic complexity.
Scientific reports - 5 Dec 2019
Sruthi C K, Prakash Meher K
Abstract excerpt
At the sequence level it is hard to describe the complexity of viruses which allows them to challenge host immune system, some for a few weeks and others up to a complete compromise. Paradoxically, viral genomes are both complex and simple. Complex because amino acid mutation rates are very high, and yet viruses remain functional. Simple because they have barely around 10 types of proteins, so viral...
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