PLOS: DNA Science

JUNE 13, 2024

The most compelling evidence for the origin lies in the RNA genome sequence similarities between RaTG13 and SARS-CoV-2 – specifically, a part that encodes the “furin binding site” of the spike protein with which the virus adheres to host cells. The viruses differ at one end of the gene that encodes the spike protein.

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MARCH 24, 2024

Credit: Universität Würzburg Archives His key insight hinged upon the fact that living cells are essentially bags of liquid filled with enzymes, or proteins that speed up chemical reactions. Water accounts for 70 percent of a bacterium by mass; the other 30 percent includes everything else: proteins, RNA, DNA, lipids, and so on.

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MAY 30, 2023

The researchers first compared the editing efficiency of different versions of IscB when coupled with 'ωRNA,' which guides the enzyme to the right spot on the DNA. A particular variant, named IscB*-ωRNA*, had the highest editing efficiency across multiple different sites in the genome. Read more in Nature Methods.

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Codon

MAY 30, 2023

The researchers first compared the editing efficiency of different versions of IscB when coupled with 'ωRNA,' which guides the enzyme to the right spot on the DNA. A particular variant, named IscB*-ωRNA*, had the highest editing efficiency across multiple different sites in the genome. Read more in Nature Methods.

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AUGUST 10, 2023

Nature Reviews Genetics (2010). Link The second decade of synthetic biology: 2010–2020 , by Meng F. & Nucleic Acids Research (2010). Link A Programmable Dual-RNA–Guided DNA Endonuclease in Adaptive Bacterial Immunity , by Jinek M. Science (2010). Molecular Systems Biology (2010).

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AUGUST 10, 2023

Nature Reviews Genetics (2010). Link The second decade of synthetic biology: 2010–2020 , by Meng F. & Nucleic Acids Research (2010). Journal of Biological Engineering (2010). Link A Programmable Dual-RNA–Guided DNA Endonuclease in Adaptive Bacterial Immunity , by Jinek M. Science (2010).

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