Article
An Issue of Concern: Unique Truncated ORF8 Protein Variants of SARS-CoV-2
2021-05-25
Abstract excerpt
Open reading frame 8 (ORF8) protein is one of the most evolving accessory proteins in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It was previously reported that the ORF8 protein inhibits presentation of viral antigens by the major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) and interacts with host factors involved in pulmonary inflammati...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d90c89cb-edef-5f2c-9e68-0618d5b39257
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.05.25.445557
