SARS-CoV-2 strain wars continues: Chemical and thermodynamic characterization of live matter and biosynthesis of Omicron BN. 1, CH. 1.1 and XBC variants

M Popovic - Microbial Risk Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 has during the last 3 years mutated several dozen times. Most mutations in the
newly formed variants have been chemically and thermodynamically characterized. New …

Upcoming epidemic storm: Empirical formulas, biosynthesis reactions, thermodynamic properties and driving forces of multiplication of the omicron XBB. 1.9. 1, XBF …

ME Popovic, M Mihailović, S Panić - Microbial Risk Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 from the perspectives of medicine, biology, molecular
biology, chemistry and biothermodynamics represent probably the best studied virus-host …

Beyond COVID-19: Do biothermodynamic properties allow predicting the future evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants?

M Popovic - Microbial risk analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many statistical and epidemiological studies have been
published, trying to predict the future development of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. However …

The SARS-CoV-2 Hydra, a tiny monster from the 21st century: Thermodynamics of the BA. 5.2 and BF. 7 variants

M Popovic - Microbial Risk Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 resembles the ancient mythical creature Hydra. Just like with the Hydra, when
one head is cut, it is followed by appearance of two more heads, suppression of one SARS …

Never ending story? Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 monitored through Gibbs energies of biosynthesis and antigen-receptor binding of Omicron BQ. 1, BQ. 1.1, XBB and …

M Popovic - Microbial risk analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
RNA viruses exhibit a great tendency to mutate. Mutations occur in the parts of the genome
that encode the spike glycoprotein and less often in the rest of the genome. This is why …

Ghosts of the past: Elemental composition, biosynthesis reactions and thermodynamic properties of Zeta P. 2, Eta B. 1.525, Theta P. 3, Kappa B. 1.617. 1, Iota B. 1.526 …

M Popovic, MP Pavlović, M Pavlović - Microbial risk analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
From the perspectives of molecular biology, genetics and biothermodynamics, SARS-CoV-2
is the among the best characterized viruses. Research on SARS-CoV-2 has shed a new …

[HTML][HTML] XBB. 1.5 Kraken cracked: Gibbs energies of binding and biosynthesis of the XBB. 1.5 variant of SARS-CoV-2

ME Popovic - Microbiological research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Hydra with many heads (variants) has been causing the COVID-
19 pandemic for 3 years. The appearance of every new head (SARS-CoV-2 variant) causes …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron BA. 2.75 sublineage (centaurus) follows the expectations of the evolution theory: less negative gibbs energy of biosynthesis indicates decreased …

M Popovic - Microbiology Research, 2022 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the group of RNA viruses with a pronounced tendency to mutate.
Omicron BA. 2.75 is a subvariant believed to be able to suppress the currently dominant BA …

[HTML][HTML] Classical and next-generation vaccine platforms to SARS-CoV-2: biotechnological strategies and genomic variants

RSQ Simões, D Rodríguez-Lázaro - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Several coronaviruses (CoVs) have been identified as human pathogens, including the α-
CoVs strains HCoV-229E and HCoV-NL63 and the β-CoVs strains HCoV-HKU1 and HCoV …

[HTML][HTML] Strain Wars 4-Darwinian evolution through Gibbs' glasses: Gibbs energies of binding and growth explain evolution of SARS-CoV-2 from Hu-1 to BA. 2

M Popovic - Virology, 2022 - Elsevier
All processes in nature are driven by negative Gibbs energy. Gibbs energy is used by
various viruses and their strains to hijack host cell metabolic machinery. The analysis was …