Genome Composition and Divergence of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Originating in China

Cell Host and Microbe

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 325-328

  Wu, Aiping ^a,g   Peng, Yousong ^b   Huang, Baoying ^c   Ding, Xiao ^a,g   Wang, Xianyue ^a,g   Niu, Peihua ^c   Meng, Jing ^a,g   Zhu, Zhaozhong ^b   Zhang, Zheng ^b   Wang, Jiangyuan ^a,g   Sheng, Jie ^a,g   Quan, Lijun ^d   Xia, Zanxian ^e   Tan, Wenjie ^c   Cheng, Genhong ^f   Jiang, Taijiao ^a,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese CDC   (China)

^d SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; NONHUMAN; SARS-RELATED CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; BETACORONAVIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VIRUS GENOME;

SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; GENOME, VIRAL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; SARS VIRUS;

EID: 85079051459     PISSN: 19313128     EISSN: 19346069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.02.001     Document Type: Note

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