APOBEC3-related mutations in the spike protein-encoding region facilitate SARS-CoV-2 evolution

J Shen, X Xu, J Fan, H Chen, Y Zhao, W Huang, W Liu… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 evolves gradually to cause COVID-19 epidemic. One of driving forces of SARS-
CoV-2 evolution might be activation of apolipoprotein B mRNA editing catalytic subunit-like …

C-> U transition biases in SARS-CoV-2–still rampant four years from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

P Simmonds - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The evolution of SARS-CoV2 in the pandemic and post-pandemic periods has been
characterised by rapid adaptive changes that confer immune escape and enhanced human …

Potential Role of APOBEC3 Family Proteins in SARS-CoV-2 Replication

MSTM Begum, A Bokani, SA Rajib, M Soleimanpour… - 2024 - preprints.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has acquired multiple
mutations since its emergence. Analyses of the SARS-CoV-2 genomes from infected …

Secondary structure of the SARS-CoV-2 genome is predictive of nucleotide substitution frequency

Z Hensel - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Accurate estimation of the effects of mutations on SARS-CoV-2 viral fitness can inform public-
health responses such as vaccine development and predicting the impact of a new variant; it …