Characterization and structural basis of a lethal mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2

In this study, Qin et al. present a murine-adapted SARS-CoV-2 strain, MASCp36, as a model for studying the pathogenicity, evolution and adaptation of the virus to human and animal hosts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shihui Sun, Hongjing Gu, Lei Cao, Qi Chen, Qing Ye, Guan Yang, Rui-Ting Li, Hang Fan, Yong-Qiang Deng, Xiaopeng Song, Yini Qi, Min Li, Jun Lan, Rui Feng, Yan Guo, Na Zhu, Si Qin, Lei Wang, Yi-Fei Zhang, Chao Zhou, Lingna Zhao, Yuehong Chen, Meng Shen, Yujun Cui, Xiao Yang, Xinquan Wang, Wenjie Tan, Hui Wang, Xiangxi Wang, Cheng-Feng Qin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25903-x