Evolution of the novel coronavirus from the ongoing Wuhan outbreak and modeling of its spike protein for risk of human transmission

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 457-460

  Xu, Xintian ^a   Chen, Ping ^b,e   Wang, Jingfang ^c   Feng, Jiannan ^d   Zhou, Hui ^b   Li, Xuan ^b   Zhong, Wu ^d   Hao, Pei ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE PASTEUR OF SHANGHAI   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^d BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 2; CORONAVIRUS SPIKE GLYCOPROTEIN; COVID-19; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

ALPHACORONAVIRUS; BETACORONAVIRUS; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ALPHACORONAVIRUS; BETACORONAVIRUS; BINDING SITES; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SARS VIRUS; SPIKE GLYCOPROTEIN, CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 85078718430     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: 18691889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-020-1637-5     Document Type: Letter

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