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SUBMITTER: Halaji M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8548902 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Halaji Mehrdad M Heiat Mohammad M Faraji Niloofar N Ranjbar Reza R
Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 20210930
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a zoonotic infection, is responsible for COVID-19 pandemic and also is known as a public health concern. However, so far, the origin of the causative virus and its intermediate hosts is yet to be fully determined. SARS-CoV-2 contains nearly 30,000 letters of RNA that allows the virus to infect cells and hijack them to make new viruses. On the other hand, among 14 detected mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 S protein that provide advantag ...[more]