The highly conserved stem-loop II motif is important for the lifecycle of astroviruses but dispensable for SARS-CoV-2
A. B. Janowski, H. Jiang, C. Fujii, M. C. Owen, T. L. Bricker, T. L. Darling, H. H. Harastani, K. Seehra, S. Tahan, A. Jung, B. Febles, J. A. Blatter, S. A. Handley, B. A. Parikh, V. Lulla, , D. Wang
This study shows the stem-loop II motif is critical for astrovirus replication but not for SARS-CoV-2.
bioRxiv · Apr 30, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology