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Meghan V. Diefenbacher

University of North Carolina at Chapel HillORCID 0000-0002-8818-3686Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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MicrobiologymBioPeer-reviewedMay 6, 2026

Loss of nsp14-exonuclease activity impairs the replication, proofreading, fitness and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2

Jordan Anderson-Daniels, Meghan V. Diefenbacher, Boyd L. Yount…·Timothy Patrick Sheahan

This study shows that SARS-CoV-2 with impaired nsp14-exonuclease activity has reduced replication, fitness, and pathogenesis, but remains viable in some conditions.

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