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. 2013 Sep;23(9):1069-70.
doi: 10.1038/cr.2013.108. Epub 2013 Aug 13.

Spiking the MERS-coronavirus receptor

Berend Jan Bosch  1 , V Stalin Raj, Bart L Haagmans
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Spiking the MERS-coronavirus receptor

Berend Jan Bosch et al. Cell Res. 2013 Sep.

Abstract

A novel coronavirus, the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, recently emerged through zoonotic transmission, causing a severe lower respiratory tract infection in humans. In two recent papers, one published in Cell Research, the crystal structure of the viral receptor-binding domain in complex with the host CD26/dipeptidyl peptidase 4 receptor has now been characterized.

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