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Sep 2026
Variant-specific nucleocapsid mutations shape host innate immune trajectories during SARS- CoV-2 infection
The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein is one of the most highly expressed proteins during infection and plays crucial roles in the protection and packaging of viral RNA, replication, suppression of the immune response and virus assembly. The N gene and the overlapping accessory open reading frame ORF9b have continual...
J. Berger, Jonas Schröder, Timothy K. Soh et al.
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