The study highlights a novel RNA packaging mechanism for an enveloped virus where specific RNA packaging can occur without the core or N protein via interaction between transmembrane proteins and specific RNA elements.
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Reveals N-independent RNA packaging via M; extends coronavirus assembly models but remains hypothesis-generating for antivirals.
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