A Crowned Killer's Résumé: Genome, Structure, Receptors, and Origin of SARS-CoV-2.

Abstract:

:The recent emergence and rapid global spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pose an unprecedented medical and socioeconomic crisis, and the disease caused by it, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. Chinese scientists and physicians rapidly identified the causative pathogen, which turned out to be a novel betacoronavirus with high sequence similarities to bat and pangolin coronaviruses. The scientific community has ignited tremendous efforts to unravel the biological underpinning of SARS-CoV-2, which constitutes the foundation for therapy and vaccine development strategies. Here, we summarize the current state of knowledge on the genome, structure, receptor, and origin of SARS-CoV-2.

journal_name

Virol Sin

journal_title

Virologica Sinica

authors

Wang S,Trilling M,Sutter K,Dittmer U,Lu M,Zheng X,Yang D,Liu J

doi

10.1007/s12250-020-00298-z

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-12-01 00:00:00

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673-684

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6

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1674-0769

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1995-820X

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10.1007/s12250-020-00298-z

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35

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