Circular RNA profiling reveals abundant and diverse circRNAs of SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV origin.

Shaomin YangHong ZhouRuth Cruz-CosmeMingde LiuJiayu XuXiaoyu NiuYaolan LiLizu XiaoQiuhong WangHua ZhuQiyi Tang

Published in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2020)

We report for the first time that abundant and diverse circRNAs are generated by SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV and represent a novel type of circRNAs that differ from circRNAs encoded by DNA genomes.

Keyphrases

sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
single molecule
coronavirus disease
circulating tumor