An overview of viral mutagenesis and the impact on pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 variants

MZI Khan, A Nazli, H Al-Furas, MI Asad, I Ajmal… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… of the viral genome have been recognized as important factors affecting the rate of mutations.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a novel viral … The current article discusses viral

SARS-CoV-2 mutations and their viral variants

B Cosar, ZY Karagulleoglu, S Unal, AT Ince… - Cytokine & growth factor …, 2022 - Elsevier
… of the increasing SARS-CoV-2 mutations and the viralviruses, one of which is SARS-CoV-2,
are defined by a high mutation rate, one million times higher than their host. Viral mutagenic

Mechanism of molnupiravir-induced SARS-CoV-2 mutagenesis

F Kabinger, C Stiller, J Schmitzová… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
… frequency of viral RNA mutations and impairs SARS-CoV-2 … -induced RNA mutagenesis
by the viral RNA-dependent RNA … complexes that contain mutagenesis products shows that …

Rapid incorporation of Favipiravir by the fast and permissive viral RNA polymerase complex results in SARS-CoV-2 lethal mutagenesis

A Shannon, B Selisko, NTT Le, J Huchting… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
… for the treatment of several viral diseases. We demonstrate here that Favipiravir predominantly
exerts an antiviral effect through lethal mutagenesis. The SARS-CoV RdRp complex is at …

Decoding molnupiravir-induced mutagenesis in SARS-CoV-2

L Menéndez-Arias - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
… Lethal mutagenesis is a broad-spectrum antiviral strategy that exploits the high mutation …
many RNA viruses. A number of successful viral extinctions in cell culture using other mutagenic

Molnupiravir promotes SARS-CoV-2 mutagenesis via the RNA template

CJ Gordon, EP Tchesnokov, RF Schinazi… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains challenging. The virus can cause severe forms of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that require hospitalization. Remdesivir (RDV) targets the …

… infection by SARS-CoV-2 induces senescence accompanied by an inflammatory phenotype in severe COVID-19: possible implications for viral mutagenesis

K Evangelou, D Veroutis, K Paschalaki… - European …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… the generation of viral mutations promoted by SARS-CoV-2 persistence in senescent
cells. … with viral mutagenesis, by conducting a bioinformatic analysis, we found that viruses

Mechanism of action of favipiravir against SARS-CoV-2: Mutagenesis or chain termination?

L Zhao, W Zhong - The Innovation, 2021 - cell.com
… Efficacy, affordability, and ease of access (eg, oral route) of antiviral drugs are essential
for the prevention and control of epidemic situations caused by viruses such as SARS-CoV-2. …

β-d-N4-hydroxycytidine Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Through Lethal Mutagenesis But Is Also Mutagenic To Mammalian Cells

S Zhou, CS Hill, S Sarkar, LV Tse… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… in virus titer (Figure 1A); we failed to detect any mutagenesis above background in the
FAV-treated cultures. We also examined toxicity of these analogs in the target A549-hACE-2 cells (…

Mutagenesis of the transmembrane domain of the SARS coronavirus spike glycoprotein: refinement of the requirements for SARS coronavirus cell entry

J Corver, R Broer, P van Kasteren, W Spaan - Virology journal, 2009 - Springer
… The TMD of the SARS CoV spike protein consists of three … mutagenesis study of the aromatic
domain of SARS CoV S and … SARS CoV virus S protein plays a crucial role in the entry of …