<scp>SARS</scp> ‐CoV‐2 receptor <scp>ACE</scp> 2 and <scp>TMPRSS</scp> 2 are primarily expressed in bronchial transient secretory cells

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 39
Issue: 10
Pages: e105114-e105114
Citations: 1006
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                                    Soeren Lukassen, 
                                
                                    Robert Lorenz Chua, 
                                
                                    Timo B. Trefzer
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            <scp>SARS</scp> ‐CoV‐2 receptor <scp>ACE</scp> 2 and <scp>TMPRSS</scp> 2 are primarily expressed in bronchial transient secretory cells. 
                            The EMBO Journal
                            , 39
                            (10)
                            , e105114-e105114.
                            https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.20105114
                        

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DOI: 10.15252/embj.20105114