Cryo-EM structures of MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV spike glycoproteins reveal the dynamic receptor binding domains

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Year: 2017
Type: article
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Pages: 15092-15092
Citations: 824
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                                    Yuan Yuan, 
                                
                                    Duanfang Cao, 
                                
                                    Yanfang Zhang
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2017). 
                            Cryo-EM structures of MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV spike glycoproteins reveal the dynamic receptor binding domains. 
                            Nature Communications
                            , 8
                            (1)
                            , 15092-15092.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15092
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15092