The evolution and biology of SARS-CoV-2 variants

A Telenti, EB Hodcroft… - Cold Spring …, 2022 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Our understanding of the still unfolding severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) pandemic would have been extremely limited without the study of the …

Probing the dynamic RNA structurome and its functions

RC Spitale, D Incarnato - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
RNA is a key regulator of almost every cellular process, and the structures adopted by RNA
molecules are thought to be central to their functions. The recent fast-paced evolution of high …

Amplification-free detection of SARS-CoV-2 with CRISPR-Cas13a and mobile phone microscopy

P Fozouni, S Son, MD de León Derby, GJ Knott… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The December 2019 outbreak of a novel respiratory virus, SARS-CoV-2, has become an
ongoing global pandemic due in part to the challenge of identifying symptomatic …

Lessons learned 1 year after SARS-CoV-2 emergence leading to COVID-19 pandemic

KKW To, S Sridhar, KHY Chiu, DLL Hung… - Emerging microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Without modern medical management and vaccines, the severity of the Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) …

Advances and opportunities in RNA structure experimental determination and computational modeling

J Zhang, Y Fei, L Sun, QC Zhang - Nature methods, 2022 - nature.com
Beyond transferring genetic information, RNAs are molecules with diverse functions that
include catalyzing biochemical reactions and regulating gene expression. Most of these …

Secondary structural ensembles of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome in infected cells

TCT Lan, MF Allan, LE Malsick, JZ Woo, C Zhu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 is a betacoronavirus with a single-stranded, positive-sense, 30-kilobase RNA
genome responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Although population average …

Comprehensive in vivo secondary structure of the SARS-CoV-2 genome reveals novel regulatory motifs and mechanisms

NC Huston, H Wan, MS Strine, RCA Tavares, CB Wilen… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the
positive-sense RNA virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The genome …

Structures and functions of coronavirus replication–transcription complexes and their relevance for SARS-CoV-2 drug design

B Malone, N Urakova, EJ Snijder… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has killed millions of
people and continues to cause massive global upheaval. Coronaviruses are positive-strand …

Predicting the mutational drivers of future SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

MC Maher, I Bartha, S Weaver, J Di Iulio… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
SARS-CoV-2 evolution threatens vaccine-and natural infection–derived immunity and the
efficacy of therapeutic antibodies. To improve public health preparedness, we sought to …

Combinatorial optimization of mRNA structure, stability, and translation for RNA-based therapeutics

K Leppek, GW Byeon, W Kladwang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Therapeutic mRNAs and vaccines are being developed for a broad range of human
diseases, including COVID-19. However, their optimization is hindered by mRNA instability …