Human protein found in coronavirus genome
Jun 08, 2020 | 11:04 / Interesting information
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified fragments of a human protein in the SARS-CoV-2 genome. It was located in a place where the mechanism of virus entry into the cell is regulated, writes the eLife magazine. The find was made using artificial intelligence.
The discovery caused controversy in the scientific community. Professor of the Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Siberian Federal University and the University of Gottingen Konstantin Krutovsky listed four versions of the appearance of protein. Firstly, it could be a random mutation.
