Distinct Roles for Sialoside and Protein Receptors in Coronavirus Infection
ABSTRACT Coronaviruses (CoVs) are common human and animal pathogens that can transmit zoonotically and cause severe respiratory disease syndromes. CoV infection requires spike proteins, which bind viruses to host cell receptors and catalyze virus-cell membrane fusion. Several CoV strains have spike...
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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2020-02-01
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| Series: | mBio |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02764-19 |