Article
Shapify: Pathways to SARS-CoV-2 Frameshifting Pseudoknot
2022-03-07
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background: </h4> Multiple viruses including HIV, MERS-CoV (coronavirus responsible for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, MERS), SARS-CoV (coronavirus responsible for SARS) and SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus responsible for COVID-19) use a mechanism known as -1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting (-1 PRF) to successfully replicate. SARS-CoV-2 possesses a unique RNA pseudoknotted structure that stimulates -1 PRF. Recen...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a44a2489-54f6-5c48-bf75-7739c163ca84
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1370718/v1
