Abstract
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged as a virus with a pathogenicity closer to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and a transmissibility similar to common cold coronaviruses (CoVs). In this review, we briefly discuss the features of the receptor-binding domain (RBD) and protease cleavage of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that enable SARS-CoV-2 to be a pandemic virus.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | e1009857 |
| Journal | PLoS pathogens |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2021 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Parasitology
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Virology
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