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SUBMITTER: Hao W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816574 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hao Wei W Ma Bo B Li Ziheng Z Wang Xiaoyu X Gao Xiaopan X Li Yaohao Y Qin Bo B Shang Shiying S Cui Sheng S Tan Zhongping Z
Science bulletin 20210119 12
The pandemic of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a high number of deaths in the world. To combat it, it is necessary to develop a better understanding of how the virus infects host cells. Infection normally starts with the attachment of the virus to cell-surface glycans like heparan sulfate (HS) and sialic acid-containing glycolipids/glycoproteins. In this study, we examined and compared the binding of the subunits and spike (S) proteins of SARS-CoV-2, ...[more]