A synthetic defective interfering SARS-CoV-2
Viruses thrive by exploiting the cells they infect, but in order to replicate and infect other cells they must produce viral proteins. As a result, viruses are also susceptible to exploitation by defective versions of themselves that do not produce such proteins. A defective viral genome with deleti...
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Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2021-07-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/11686.pdf |