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Spike protein fusion loop controls SARS-CoV-2 fusogenicity and infectivity

The high SARS-CoV-2 reproductive number driving the COVID-19 pandemic has been a mystery. Our recent in vitro, and in vivo coronaviral pathogenesis studies involving Mouse Hepatitis Virus (MHV-A59) suggest a crucial role for a small host membrane-virus contact initiator region of the Spike protein,...

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Autor principal: Pal, Debnath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7919542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33662570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107713