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Computational simulation of interactions between SARS coronavirus spike mutants and host species-specific receptors.
Computational biology and chemistry - 1 Apr 2007
Zhang Yuan, Zheng Nan, Nan Peng, Cao Ying, Hasegawa Masami, Zhong Yang
Abstract excerpt
As a critical adaptive mechanism, amino acid replacements on the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) spike protein could alter the receptor-binding specificity of this envelope glycoprotein and in turn lead to the emergence or reemergence of this viral zoonosis. Based on the X-ray structures of SARS-CoV spike receptor-binding domain (RBD) in complex with its functional receptor...
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