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 …

SARS-CoV-2 expresses a microRNA-like small RNA able to selectively repress host genes

P Pawlica, TA Yario, S White, J Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of
coronavirus disease (COVID-19), continues to be a pressing health concern. In this study …

Structural and functional RNA motifs of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A virus as a target of viral inhibitors

I Szczesniak, A Baliga-Gil, A Jarmolowicz… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the
COVID-19 pandemic, whereas the influenza A virus (IAV) causes seasonal epidemics and …

Biomotors, viral assembly, and RNA nanobiotechnology: Current achievements and future directions

L Rolband, D Beasock, Y Wang, YG Shu… - Computational and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The International Society of RNA Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine (ISRNN)
serves to further the development of a wide variety of functional nucleic acids and other …

Targeting genomic SARS-CoV-2 RNA with siRNAs allows efficient inhibition of viral replication and spread

S Ambike, CC Cheng, M Feuerherd… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
A promising approach to tackle the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-
CoV-2) could be small interfering (si) RNAs. So far it is unclear, which viral replication steps …

Comprehensive map** of SARS-CoV-2 interactions in vivo reveals functional virus-host interactions

SL Yang, L DeFalco, DE Anderson, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 is a major threat to global health. Here, we investigate the RNA structure and
RNA-RNA interactions of wildtype (WT) and a mutant (Δ382) SARS-CoV-2 in cells using …

To knot or not to knot: multiple conformations of the SARS-CoV-2 frameshifting RNA element

T Schlick, Q Zhu, A Dey, S Jain, S Yan… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The SARS-CoV-2 frameshifting RNA element (FSE) is an excellent target for therapeutic
intervention against Covid-19. This small gene element employs a shifting mechanism to …

Length-dependent motions of SARS-CoV-2 frameshifting RNA pseudoknot and alternative conformations suggest avenues for frameshifting suppression

S Yan, Q Zhu, S Jain, T Schlick - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
The SARS-CoV-2 frameshifting element (FSE), a highly conserved mRNA region required
for correct translation of viral polyproteins, defines an excellent therapeutic target against …

A viral pan-end RNA element and host complex define a SARS-CoV-2 regulon

D Khan, F Terenzi, GQ Liu, PK Ghosh, F Ye… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of
COVID-19, generates multiple protein-coding, subgenomic RNAs (sgRNAs) from a longer …

Regulation of coronavirus nsp15 cleavage specificity by RNA structure

I Salukhe, R Choi, W Van Voorhis, L Barrett, J Hyde - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, has had an enduring impact
on global public health. However, SARS-CoV-2 is only one of multiple pathogenic human …