The spike glycoprotein of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV contains a furin-like cleavage site absent in CoV of the same clade

Antiviral Research

Volumn 176, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Coutard, B ^a   Valle, C ^a   de Lamballerie, X ^a   Canard, B ^a   Seidah, N G ^b   Decroly, E ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

2019 nCoV; Antivirals; Furin; Maturation protease; SARS CoV; Spike protein

Indexed keywords

FURIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VITRONECTIN; CORONAVIRUS SPIKE GLYCOPROTEIN; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CORONAVIRINAE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PARTICLE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETACORONAVIRUS; FURIN; GENOME, VIRAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPIKE GLYCOPROTEIN, CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 85079394767     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104742     Document Type: Article

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