Genomic determinants of Furin cleavage in diverse European SARS-related bat coronaviruses

oleh: Anna-Lena Sander, Andres Moreira-Soto, Stoian Yordanov, Ivan Toplak, Andrea Balboni, Ramón Seage Ameneiros, Victor Corman, Christian Drosten, Jan Felix Drexler

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01

Deskripsi

Genomic analyses of spike glycoprotein genes of European bat SARS-related coronaviruses suggest that furin cleavage sites can be acquired in the bat reservoir via conserved molecular mechanisms, supporting a natural origin of SARS-CoV-2.