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SUBMITTER: Shahrajabian MH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7872062 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shahrajabian Mohamad Hesam MH Sun Wenli W Cheng Qi Q
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20200812 1
SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, is a single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the order Nidovirales, family Coronaviridae, and subfamily Coronavirinae. SARS-CoV-2 entry to cellsis initiated by the binding of the viral spike protein (S) to its cellular receptor. The roles of S protein in receptor binding and membrane fusion makes it a prominent target for vaccine development. SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence analysis has shown that this virus belongs to the beta-coronavirus genus, which includes ...[more]