Article
Secondary structure of the SARS-CoV-2 genome is predictive of nucleotide substitution frequency.
eLife - 28 Feb 2025
Hensel Zach
Abstract excerpt
Accurate estimation of the effects of mutations on SARS-CoV-2 viral fitness can inform public-health responses such as vaccine development and predicting the impact of a new variant; it can also illuminate biological mechanisms including those underlying the emergence of variants of concern. Recently, Lan et al. reported a model of SARS-CoV-2 secondary structure and its underlying dimethyl sulfate reactivity data...
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- SARS-CoV-2
- Genome, Viral
- Humans
- COVID-19
- Mutation
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Viral
