Abstract:Context: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV 2) that spread around the world rapidly and has become a pandemic and a major global concern. SARS CoV 2 is an enveloped virus with a positive-strand RNA genome that encodes structural and nonstructural viral proteins. Among the structural proteins, spike surface glycoprotein or S protein is necessary for the infection of host cells. Mutations in the S protein can cause… Show more
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