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. 2021 Mar 4;12(3):235.
doi: 10.1038/s41419-021-03501-5.

Actively or passively deacidified lysosomes push β-coronavirus egress

Xuefeng Wang  1   2 , Gerry Melino  3 , Yufang Shi  4   5   6
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Actively or passively deacidified lysosomes push β-coronavirus egress

Xuefeng Wang et al. Cell Death Dis. .
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Fig. 1. Actively or passively deacidified lysosomes push β-coronavirus egress.
Lysosomal deacidification may be caused by β-coronavirus infection, or the infected cells actively deacidify lysosomes to release newly generated β-coronaviruses for relieving their own viral burden.
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