Novel ACE2 protein interactions relevant to COVID-19 predicted by evolutionary rate correlations
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the cell receptor that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 binds to and uses to enter and infect human cells. COVID-19, the pandemic disease caused by the coronavirus, involves diverse pathologies beyond those of a respiratory disease, including micro-thrombosis (mic...
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PeerJ Inc.
2021-09-01
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