A team of scientists from the University of Texas, USA, has recently revealed that the P681R spike mutation is responsible for increased infectivity of the delta variant of severe acute respiratory ...
In a recent study published in PLOS Pathogens, researchers investigated a highly variable region at residues 203 to 205 in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleocapsid ...
Many viruses, particularly RNA viruses, mutate at a very high rate per genome per replication. One possible explanation is that high mutation rates are selected to meet the challenge of fluctuating ...
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Hidden DNA weak spot near gene start mutates rapidly
These sequences are extremely prone to mutations and rank among the most functionally important regions in the entire human ...
If they happen to do this just before the two DNA strands are cleaved as part of the cell replication process, the protons can become trapped on the wrong side, leading to a DNA mismatch and a ...
Johannes holds an MSci in Neuroscience from King’s College London, where he worked on projects involving Alzheimer’s disease and Fragile X syndrome. Johannes holds an MSci in Neuroscience from King’s ...
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