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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2020.045

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Spread of variants with gene N hot spot mutations in russian SARS-CoV-2 isolates

Kiryanov SA, Levina TA, Kirillov MYu
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DNA-Technology LLC, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Sergei A. Kiryanov
PO Box 181, Moscow, 117587; ur.ygolonhcet-and@vonayrik

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Author contribution: the authors contributed to the manuscript equally.

Received: 2020-06-26 Accepted: 2020-07-10 Published online: 2020-07-28
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