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Wei Ji1,2.
Abstract
The ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly contagious and fatal, posing a direct threat to human health and the global economy. Most strategies to prevent, control, and eradicate COVID-19 are established based on the specific characteristics of the pathogen. The quest for interruption and eradication of COVID-19 has moved research forward in understanding fundamental aspects of the virus genome, proteome, replication mechanisms, and virus-host interactions, which pave the way for the development of effective antiviral drugs and vaccines. This chapter provides an overview of recent progress in human coronavirus taxonomy, molecular features of the SARS-CoV-2 genome and proteome, and virus life cycle.Entities:
Keywords: COVID-19; Genome; Human coronavirus; Life cycle; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Structural and nonstructural proteins; Taxonomy
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Year: 2021 PMID： 33973170 DOI： 10.1007/978-3-030-63761-3_2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol ISSN： 0065-2598 Impact factor: 2.622