Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Hu, Ben ^a   Zeng, Lei Ping ^a   Yang, Xing Lou ^a   Ge, Xing Yi ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Li, Bei ^a   Xie, Jia Zheng ^a   Shen, Xu Rui ^a   Zhang, Yun Zhi ^b,c   Wang, Ning ^a   Luo, Dong Sheng ^a   Zheng, Xiao Shuang ^a   Wang, Mei Niang ^a   Daszak, Peter ^d   Wang, Lin Fa ^e   Cui, Jie ^a   Shi, Zheng Li ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b Yunnan Institute of Endemic Diseases Control and Prevention   (China)

^c DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 6;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE POOL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BAT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE POOL; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 85036566735     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006698     Document Type: Article

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