Rapid assembly of SARS-CoV-2 genomes reveals attenuation of the Omicron BA.1 variant through NSP6
T. Y. Taha, I. P. Chen, J. M. Hayashi, T. Tabata, K. Walcott, G. R. Kimmerly, A. M. Syed, A. Ciling, R. K. Suryawanshi, H. S. Martin, B. H. Bach, C.-L. Tsou, M. Montano, M. M. Khalid, B. K. Sreekumar, , M. Ott
The paper introduces a plasmid-based method to assemble SARS-CoV-2 genomes and identifies NSP6 mutations as causing Omicron attenuation.
bioRxiv · Jan 31, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology