The spike glycoprotein of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV contains a furin-like cleavage site absent in CoV of the same clade

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 176
Pages: 104742-104742
Citations: 1819
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                                    Bruno Coutard, 
                                
                                    Coralie Valle, 
                                
                                    Xavier de Lamballerie
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            The spike glycoprotein of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV contains a furin-like cleavage site absent in CoV of the same clade. 
                            Antiviral Research
                            , 176
                            
                            , 104742-104742.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104742

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DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104742