The highly conserved stem-loop II motif is dispensable for SARS-CoV-2
H. Jiang, A. Joshi, T. Gan, A. B. Janowski, C. Fujii, T. L. Bricker, T. Darling, H. H. Harastani, K. Seehra, H. Chen, S. Tahan, A. Jung, B. Febles, J. A. Blatter, S. Handley, , A. C. Boon
This study shows that the stem-loop II motif in SARS-CoV-2 is not essential for viral growth in vitro or in vivo.
Journal of Virology · Jun 29, 2023Peer-reviewedMicrobiology