D614G

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D614G

  1. (biochemistry) A protein mutation, at amino acid location 614, where the original D614 becomes G614 by replacing aspartic acid (Asp) (D) with glycine (Gly) (G)
  2. (virology, COVID-19, informal, by extension) A variant of SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Coronavirus carrying this mutation.
    1. (informal) The variant of SARS-CoV-2 that became dominant worldwide outside of China at the start of 2020

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virus variant

Hypernyms[edit]

  • 614Gly, 614G (a mutation that results in a glycine at position 614)

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(COVID-19 dominant variant):

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