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Human coronaviruses OC43 and HKU1 bind to 9- O -acetylated sialic acids via a conserved receptor-binding site in spike protein domain A
24 Jan 2019
Abstract excerpt
Human betacoronaviruses OC43 and HKU1 are endemic respiratory pathogens and, while related, originated from independent zoonotic introductions. OC43 is in fact a host-range variant of the species Betacoronavirus-1 , and more closely related to bovine coronavirus (BCoV)—its presumptive ancestor—and porcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (PHEV). The β1-coronaviruses (β1CoVs) and HKU1 employ glycan-based...
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