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ArticlemBio2026

Identification and characterization of a SARS-CoV-2 M

Yao Ma, Chengjin Ye, R Rahisuddin, Sara H Mahmoud, Anastasija Cupic, Ahmed Magdy Khalil, Esteban Castro, Nathaniel Jackson, Mahmoud Bayoumi, Shailee Arya and 4 more

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Article in mBio, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Yao Ma *Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0815-7910
Chengjin Ye *Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1934-9494
R RahisuddinGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Sara H MahmoudTexas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Anastasija CupicGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
Ahmed Magdy KhalilTexas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Esteban CastroTexas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Nathaniel JacksonTexas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Mahmoud BayoumiTexas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Shailee AryaGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Yogesh K GuptaGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Adolfo García-SastreDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6551-1827
Richard K PlemperCenter for Translational Antiviral Research, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2034-2107
Luis Martinez-SobridoTexas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7084-0804

Funding

NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response: Universal Influenza Vaccine Research Activities75N93021C00014 · NIAID · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI GARCIA-SASTRE, ADOLFO · 2021 to 2025
$62.6M
Project 6 - Development of Antivirals against AlphavirusesU19AI171403 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI George Robert Painter, Richard K. Plemper · 2022 to 2026
$59.7M
Mechanism-based Targeting of the RNA Processing Machinery of SARS-CoV-2R01AI161363 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI GUPTA, YOGESH K · 2021 to 2025
$3.2M
Science as a Team Sport: Leveling the playing field and setting the rules of engagement.T32GM148752 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI GRIFFITH, ANN VENABLES, OYAJOBI, BABATUNDE OLUKAYODE · 2023 to 2024
$874k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI161363NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI171403NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM148752NIH HHS 75N93021C00014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ensitrelvir is an antiviral drug that specifically targets the conserved main protease (M

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesDrug Resistance, ViralSARS-CoV-2AlanineAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsHumansIndazolesLactamsLeucineMutationSequence DeletionSulfonic AcidsTriazinesTriazolesAlanineAntiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesensitrelvirGC376IndazolesLactamsLeucineSulfonic AcidsTriazinesTriazolesattenuated virusdrug resistance mutationsensitrelvirG23 deletionSARS-CoV-2

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PMID42233671
PMCPMC13343909

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