A global analysis of conservative and non-conservative mutations in SARS-CoV-2 detected in the first year of the COVID-19 world-wide diffusion

Abstract The ability of SARS-CoV-2 to rapidly mutate represents a remarkable complicancy. Quantitative evaluations of the effects that these mutations have on the virus structure/function is of great relevance and the availability of a large number of SARS-CoV-2 sequences since the early phases of t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicole Balasco, Gianluca Damaggio, Luciana Esposito, Flavia Villani, Rita Berisio, Vincenza Colonna, Luigi Vitagliano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04147-1