Paul S Masters1,2

  • 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, USA.

Journal of virology
|January 8, 2026
PubMed
まとめ

コロナウイルスはゲノムRNA(gRNA)を選択的にビリオンにパッケージングするが、このプロセスは免疫回避に重要であるが、組み立てには必須ではない。このレビューでは、この選択的パッケージングに関与するメカニズムとコンポーネントを探る。

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