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Identification of a High-Frequency Intrahost SARS-CoV-2 Spike Variant with Enhanced Cytopathic and Fusogenic Effects.
mBio - 29 Jun 2021
Rocheleau Lynda, Laroche Geneviève, Fu Kathy, Stewart Corina M, Mohamud Abdulhamid O, Côté Marceline, Giguère Patrick M, Langlois Marc-André, Pelchat Martin
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The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a virus that is continuously evolving. Although its RNA-dependent RNA polymerase exhibits some exonuclease proofreading activity, viral sequence diversity can be produced by replication errors and host factors. A diversity of genetic variants can be observed in the intrahost viral population structure of infected individuals. Most mutations will...
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