COVID-19 target : A specific target for novel coronavirus detection

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An ongoing outbreak of pneumonia associated with a novel coronavirus has been reported worldwide and become a global health problem; hence, the diagnosis and differentiation of this virus from other types of coronavirus is essential to control of the disease. To this end, the analysis of genomics data plays a vital role in introducing a stronger target and consequently provides better results in laboratory examinations. The modified comparative genomics approach helps us to find novel specific targets by comparing two or more sequences on the nucleotide collection database. We, for the first time, detected ORF8 gene as a potential target for the detection of the novel coronavirus. Unlike previous reported genes (RdRP, E and N genes), ORF8 is entirely specific to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and has no cross-reactivity with other kinds of coronavirus. Accordingly, ORF8 gene can be used as an additional confirmatory assay.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Gene reports - 20(2020) vom: 27. Sept., Seite 100740

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kakhki, Reza Kamali [VerfasserIn]
Kakhki, Mohammad Kamali [VerfasserIn]
Neshani, Alireza [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BLAST, basic local alignment search tool
COVID-19
COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019
Coronavirus
Diagnosis
Journal Article
MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
ORF-8
ORF-8, open reading frame 8
RT-PCR, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
SARS-CoV, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 08.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.genrep.2020.100740

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310894948