An overview of COVID-19 with an emphasis on computational approach for its preventive intervention

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SARS-CoV-2, a novel Betacoronavirus, has attracted global attention because of its extremely high infection rate and large number of human deaths. It possesses a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA of ~ 30 kb nucleotides as its genetic material. It is responsible for COVID-19 which has been declared a pandemic by WHO. Having reported for the first time in Wuhan, China, the virus infected over 21.48 million people and caused over 0.77 million deaths till mid-august 2020. SARS-CoV-2 contains the spike protein site that gets activated by an enzyme furin which is found in the lung, liver, and small intestine of humans. It shows the potentiality of virus for attacking multiple organs and their failures. Due to the absence of vaccines, the cure is restricted to supportive care including repurposed drugs. In silico approaches may offer an alternative screening to optimize hits to lead stages. It can provide important related to drug resistance, their lineages and evolution. This approach may also help to find an effective vaccine against COVID-19. This review focuses on the in silico aspects of genomics, proteomics, pathogenesis, phylogenetic analysis and viral receptor binding analysis in Betacoronavirus.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

3 Biotech - 10(2020), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 435

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mishra, Divya [VerfasserIn]
Mishra, Ashish [VerfasserIn]
Chaturvedi, Vivek K [VerfasserIn]
Singh, M P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
In silico
Journal Article
Review
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccine

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Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s13205-020-02425-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315302402