Korean scientists release detailed genome map of coronavirus

[JOONGANG ILBO]
Multiple scientists across the globe successfully sequenced the SARS-CoV-2 but a team led by professors Kim V. Narry and Chang Hye-shik from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) came up with a more comprehensive map to show the locations and characteristics of the set of RNA molecules resulting from a process called transcription.
Cell, a prominent life science journal, released the publication online ahead of schedule on Thursday, considering the urgency of the issue.
Being categorized as a type of RNA, the SARS-CoV-2 turns into multiple RNAs and proteins through transcription in host cells. The subset of multiple RNAs – also called transcriptome in academia- and proteins are found to wield properties detrimental to the human body.
The team found that the SARS-CoV-2 contains 9 transcriptomes, instead of 10 as previously claimed.

“Not only detailing the structure of SARS-CoV-2, we also discovered numerous new RNAs and multiple unknown chemical modifications on the viral RNAs. Our work provides a high-resolution map of SARS-CoV-2,” said Professor Kim who serves as biological science professor at Seoul National University.
“This map will help understand how the virus replicates and how it escapes the human defense system,” she said.
BY PARK EUN-JEE [park.eunjee@joongang.co.kr]
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