The sars cov 2 has rna as its genetic material.
The genetic material of sars cov 2 virus comprises of rna.
Between 22 and 77 of the.
Rna and dna are fragments of genetic material.
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The existence of sars cov 2 rna is based on faith not fact several researchers have analyzed the genetic material of the coronavirus including its rna.
That is a change of a single base unit nucleotide in the order of the base units that constitutes the genetic material of the organism.
One of the regions of the rna called frameshifting element fse contains a hairpin like structure that along with other structures helps the virus translate its genes into.
To do so the virus has to multiply its genetic material.
The genome of the sars cov 2 the virus that causes covid 19 was sequenced and shared by china in early january.
The scientists found that the rna of sars cov 2 folds into different shapes which can easily be targeted by drugs.
Reported modes of sars cov 2 rna transmission to humans include close contact with infected individuals contact with contaminated surfaces or inhalation of droplets released from the respiratory system of people with the virus.
In the case of sars cov 2 this is accomplished by having a single positive sense stranded rna molecule which dependent on the reading frame of translating ribosomes encodes multiple proteins needed to assemble new virus.
When someone becomes infected with the novel coronavirus sars cov 2 the pathogen proliferates rapidly in the cells of the infected person.