In silico comparison of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-ACE2 binding affinities across species and implications for virus origin

Abstract The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS–coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has raised important questions about its origins and the mechanism of its transfer to humans. A further question was whether companion or commercial animals could act as SARS-CoV-2 vectors, with early...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Sakshi Piplani, Puneet Kumar Singh, David A. Winkler, Nikolai Petrovsky
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Publicerad: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01
Serie:Scientific Reports
Länkar:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92388-5