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Comment
. 2022 May 26;185(11):1840-1841.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.05.005.

Response to Evidence in favor of the essentiality of human cell membrane-bound ACE2 and against soluble ACE2 for SARS-CoV-2 infectivity

Man Lung Yeung  1 , Jade Lee Lee Teng  2 , Kwok-Yung Yuen  3
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Response to Evidence in favor of the essentiality of human cell membrane-bound ACE2 and against soluble ACE2 for SARS-CoV-2 infectivity

Man Lung Yeung et al. Cell. .
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