ACE2 diversity in placental mammals reveals the evolutionary strategy of SARS-CoV-2
Abstract The recent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for the current pandemic of COVID-19, which uses the human membrane protein ACE2 as a gateway to host-cell infection. We performed a comparative genomic analysis of 70 ACE2 placental mammal orthologues to identify variations and contribute t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572020000400607&lng=en&tlng=en |