Cryo-EM structure of infectious bronchitis coronavirus spike protein reveals structural and functional evolution of coronavirus spike proteins

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Shang, Jian ^a   Zheng, Yuan ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Geng, Qibin ^a   Luo, Chuming ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Li, Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENUS; HEAD; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPIKE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; CHEMISTRY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VIROLOGY;

CORONAVIRUS SPIKE GLYCOPROTEIN;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPIKE GLYCOPROTEIN, CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 85046421949     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007009     Document Type: Article

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