mBio (Feb 2021)

Engineering a Reliable and Convenient SARS-CoV-2 Replicon System for Analysis of Viral RNA Synthesis and Screening of Antiviral Inhibitors

  • Yuewen Luo,
  • Fei Yu,
  • Mo Zhou,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Baijin Xia,
  • Xiantao Zhang,
  • Jun Liu,
  • Junsong Zhang,
  • Yingying Du,
  • Rong Li,
  • Liyang Wu,
  • Xu Zhang,
  • Ting Pan,
  • Deyin Guo,
  • Tao Peng,
  • Hui Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02754-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1

Abstract

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COVID-19 has caused a severe global pandemic. Until now, there has been no simple and reliable system available in a lower-biosafety-grade laboratory for SARS-CoV-2 virologic research and inhibitor screening.