_____ _ _ _
| __ \ (_) (_) | |
| |__) |__ __ _ __ __ _ ___ | |_
| _ / \ \ / /| |\ \ / /| |/ __|| __|
| | \ \ \ v / | | \ V / | |\__ \| |_
|_| \_\ > < |_| \_/ |_||___/ \__|
/ ^ \
/_/ \_\
TRENDING OPEN SCIENCE
-------------
Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of SARS-CoV-2
--------
By
Valentin Bruttel
Alex Washburne
Antonius VanDongen
DOI: 10.1101/2022.10.18.512756
On bioRxiv: https://biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.18.512756v1
To prevent future pandemics, it is important that we understand
ndirectly in a laboratory accident. The genome of SARS-COV-2 contains
a peculiar pattern of unique restriction endonuclease recognition
characteristic of synthetic viruses. Here, we report the likelihood of
observing such a pattern in coronaviruses with no history of
bioengineering. We find that SARS-CoV-2 is an anomaly, more likely a
these synthetic-looking recognitions sites, and has a synthetic
fingerprint unlikely to have evolved from its close relatives. We
nfectious clone assembled in vitro.
---
RANKS:
- Overall rank: 112
- Rank in bioengineering: 1
______________________________________________________________________
Served by Flask-Gopher/2.0.0
