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ArticleGenomics2020

Molecular conservation and differential mutation on ORF3a gene in Indian SARS-CoV2 genomes.

Sk Sarif Hassan, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Pallab Basu, Siddhartha Sankar Jana

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Article in Genomics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sk Sarif HassanDepartment of Mathematics, Pingla Thana Mahavidyalaya, Maligram 721140, India. Electronic address: sarimif@gmail.com.
Pabitra Pal ChoudhuryApplied Statistics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata 700108, West Bengal, India. Electronic address: pabitra@isical.ac.in.
Pallab BasuMandelstem Institute, School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Electronic address: pallab.basu@wits.ac.za.
Siddhartha Sankar JanaSchool of Biological Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, West Bengal 700032, India. Electronic address: bcssj@iacs.res.in.
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science · INIndian Statistical Institute · INKanya Maha Vidyalaya · INUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A global emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic demands various studies related to genes and genomes of the SARS-CoV2. Among other important proteins, the role of accessory proteins are of immense importance in replication, regulation of infections of the coronavirus in the hosts. The largest accessory protein in the SARS-CoV2 genome is ORF3a which modulates the host response to the virus infection and consequently it plays an important role in pathogenesis. In this study, an attempt is made to decipher the conservation of nucleotides, dimers, codons and amino acids in the ORF3a genes across thirty-two genomes of Indian patients. ORF3a gene possesses single and double point mutations in Indian SARS-CoV2 genomes suggesting the change of SARS-CoV2's virulence property in Indian patients. We find that the parental origin of the ORF3a gene over the genomes of SARS-CoV2 and Pangolin-CoV is same from the phylogenetic analysis based on conservation of nucleotides and so on. This study highlights the accumulation of mutation on ORF3a in Indian SARS-CoV2 genomes which may provide the designing therapeutic approach against SARS-CoV2.

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Conserved SequenceMutationAnimalsBase SequenceBetacoronavirusBiological EvolutionChiropteraCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19EutheriaGenome, ViralGenomicsHumansIndiaPandemicsPhylogenyORF3A protein, SARS coronavirusORF3a protein, SARS-CoV-2Viral Regulatory and Accessory ProteinsViral Structural ProteinsViroporin ProteinsBatHuman and SARS-CoV2ORF3aPangolinShannon entropy

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PMID32540495
PMCPMC7291963
OpenAlexW3034794671

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