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Structural Basis for Human Receptor Recognition by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant BA.1

The highly contagious and fast-spreading omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 infects the respiratory tracts efficiently. The receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the omicron spike protein recognizes human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as its receptor and plays a critical role in the tissue tropism of...

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Autores principales: Geng, Qibin, Shi, Ke, Ye, Gang, Zhang, Wei, Aihara, Hideki, Li, Fang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9044962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35343765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00249-22