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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Main Authors: Shun Yao, Anoop Narayanan, Sydney A. Majowicz, Joyce Jose, Marco Archetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/11686.pdf