Cryo-electron microscopy structures of the SARS-CoV spike glycoprotein reveal a prerequisite conformational state for receptor binding

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Year: 2016
Type: article
Volume: 27
Issue: 1
Pages: 119-129
Citations: 676
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                                    Miao Gui, 
                                
                                    Wenfei Song, 
                                
                                    Haixia Zhou
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2016). 
                            Cryo-electron microscopy structures of the SARS-CoV spike glycoprotein reveal a prerequisite conformational state for receptor binding. 
                            Cell Research
                            , 27
                            (1)
                            , 119-129.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/cr.2016.152
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/cr.2016.152