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D614G
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Translingual
Noun
mul noun
mul biochemistry A en protein en mutation, at amino acid location 614, where the original D614 becomes G614 by replacing en aspartic acid Asp D with en glycine Gly G
mul virology COVID-19 informal by extension A variant of SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Coronavirus genus carrying this mutation.
mul informal The variant of SARS-CoV-2 that became dominant worldwide outside of China at the start of 2020
Synonyms
mul Asp614Gly
mul virus variant 614G G614 Gly614 614Gly
Hypernyms
mul 614Gly,614G<t:a mutation that results in a glycine at position 614>
Coordinate terms
mul Asp614Gly Asp614 614Gly Gly614
Related terms
mul 614D D614 614G G614
COVID-19 dominant variant
D614, 614D, Asp614 preceding dominant variant
See also
mul N501Y E484K E484Q K417T K417N