RNA replication-independent, DNA linearization-dependent expression of reporter genes from a SARS-CoV-2 replicon-encoding DNA in human cells

• Ronja Friedhoff ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ronja Friedhoff, Ghada Elfayres

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

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• Ghada Elfayres ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ronja Friedhoff, Ghada Elfayres

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

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• Natacha Mérindol,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

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• Isabel Desgagné-Penix,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-5503

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• Lionel Berthoux

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lionel.berthoux@uqtr.ca

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7776-5058

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