Secondary Structure of Subgenomic RNA M of SARS-CoV-2
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SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the Coronavirinae family. Like other coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2 is enveloped and possesses a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genome of ~30 kb. Genomic RNA is used as the template for replication and transcription. During these processes, positive-sense genomic RNA (gRNA) and subgenomic RNAs (sgRNAs) are created. Several studies presented the importance of the genomic RNA secondary structure in SARS-CoV-2 replication. However, the structure of sgRNAs has remained largely unsolved so far. In this study, we probed the sgRNA M model of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro. The presented model molecule includes 5′UTR and a coding sequence of gene M. This is the first experimentally informed secondary structure model of sgRNA M, which presents features likely to be important in sgRNA M function. The knowledge of sgRNA M structure provides insights to better understand virus biology and could be used for designing new therapeutics.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.10.11.463917: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Recombinant DNA Sentences Resources The DNA template was cloned into pUC19 and sequenced using the M13F, M13R for confirmation of proper sequence (Table). pUC19suggested: RRID:Addgene_50005)Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources NMIA reactivities was normalized by QuShape program using model-free statistics to a scale spanning 0 to ∼2, where zero indicates no reactivity and 1.0 is the lowaverage intensity for highly reactive RNA positions [46]. QuShapesuggested: NoneResults from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. …
SciScore for 10.1101/2021.10.11.463917: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Recombinant DNA Sentences Resources The DNA template was cloned into pUC19 and sequenced using the M13F, M13R for confirmation of proper sequence (Table). pUC19suggested: RRID:Addgene_50005)Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources NMIA reactivities was normalized by QuShape program using model-free statistics to a scale spanning 0 to ∼2, where zero indicates no reactivity and 1.0 is the lowaverage intensity for highly reactive RNA positions [46]. QuShapesuggested: NoneResults from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: Please consider improving the rainbow (“jet”) colormap(s) used on page 23. At least one figure is not accessible to readers with colorblindness and/or is not true to the data, i.e. not perceptually uniform.
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Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.
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