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Lorraine Marie McElhinney

Animal & Plant Health Agency, UK;ORCID 0000-0002-6022-348XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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The biochemical composition of coronavirus Nucleocapsid proteins drives the bicistronic properties of their sub-genomic mRNAs

Federico De Angelis, Hou Wei Chook, Ternenge Apaa, Amanda Seekings, Lorraine McElhinney, Rochelle Rademan, Marike Geldenhuys, Wanda Markotter, Rute Maria Pinto, Eleanor R Gaunt, L. R. Lu, Samantha J Lycett, Paul Digard

The paper identifies conserved overlapping accessory ORFs in coronavirus N genes and shows that nucleotide and codon biases drive their formation.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

A novel genetically distinct Amdoparvovirus in Sorex araneus in the United Kingdom highlights an unexplored ancestral link

Tiernan Briggs, Dan Maskell, Dan Henderson, Courtney Graham, Bill Mansfield, David Jorge, Audra-Lynne D. Schlachter, Matthieu Bernard, Rebecca Callaway, Damian Osmond, Joan Amaya-Cuesta, Florian Pfaff, Henry F. Ashpitel, G. C. Smith, Yogesh Kumar Gupta, , Mirjam Schilling

The study identifies a novel amdoparvovirus in shrews, challenging the notion that these viruses are restricted to carnivores and highlighting the need for broader wildlife surveillance.

Virus Research · Apr 17, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology