Open AccessFast evolution of SARS-CoV-2 driven by deamination systems in hosts
Author(s) -
Yanping Zhang,
Wenqing Jiang,
Yan Li,
Xingming Jin,
Xiaoping Yang,
Pirun Zhang,
Bin Yin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
future virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.462
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1746-0808
pISSN - 1746-0794
DOI - 10.2217/fvl-2021-0181
Subject(s) - covid-19 , deamination , virology , biology , sars virus , evolutionary biology , computational biology , medicine , outbreak , pathology , biochemistry , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , enzyme
As an RNA virus, the fast evolution of SARS-CoV-2 is driven by the extensive RNA deamination by the host cells.