Arno Germond

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Can SARS-CoV-2 penetrates young erythrocytes (blood red cells)?

SARS-CoV-2 binds to the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), a human receptor. This receptor is present on blood cells, but blood cells don't have nucleus, hence the virus cannot replicate in...

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LacZ/ccdB counter-selection - any thoughts on a 2 counter-selectors strategy?

updated (2014.07.24) I m constructing a DNA cassette (with genes sacB, SmR, and LacZ), which will replace the galK region of an E. coli strain lacking LacZ after recombination. 1) Anyone has a...

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Symbiosis evolution: in what range physiological "loss of traits" help symbiosis evolution

Literature about symbiosis acknowledge a genetically "loss of traits" is typical of symbiosis "evolution". (eg: genome reduction, gene loss) What can we say about physiological "loss of traits"...

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