Absolute quantitation of individual SARS-CoV-2 RNA molecules: a new paradigm for infection dynamics and variant differences
J. Y. Lee, P. A. Wing, D. S. Gala…·I. Davis
The paper quantifies SARS-CoV-2 RNA molecules using smFISH, revealing genomic RNA stability, cell-to-cell replication variability, and slower replication kinetics for the B.1.1.7 variant compared to the Victoria strain.