MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 lacking initiating and internal methionine codons within ORF10 is attenuated in vivo
S. Gu, E. G. Bentley, R. I. Milligan…·D. A. Matthews
This study shows that a recombinant SARS-CoV-2 virus lacking ORF10 start and internal methionine codons is attenuated in hamsters, with reduced lower respiratory tract viral titre and increased reversion to wild-type.
DOI 10.1101/2023.08.04.551973