On the origin and evolution of SARS-CoV-2

First detection of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein N501 mutation in Italy in August, 2020

(2021) Simona Fiorentini et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

SARS-CoV-2 Viral Variants—Tackling a Moving Target

(2021) John R. Mascola et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Emergence of a Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant in Southern California

(2021) Wenjuan Zhang et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Bat and pangolin coronavirus spike glycoprotein structures provide insights into SARS-CoV-2 evolution

(2021) Shuyuan Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Structure and binding properties of Pangolin-CoV spike glycoprotein inform the evolution of SARS-CoV-2

(2021) Antoni G. Wrobel et al.   Nature Communications

Evolutionary history, potential intermediate animal host, and cross‐species analyses of SARS‐CoV‐2

(2020) Xingguang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY

Genomic characterisation and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origins and receptor binding

(2020) Roujian Lu et al.   LANCET

A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin

(2020) Peng Zhou et al.   NATURE

Cryo-EM structure of the 2019-nCoV spike in the prefusion conformation

(2020) Daniel Wrapp et al.   SCIENCE

On the origin and continuing evolution of SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Xiaolu Tang et al.   National Science Review

The Architecture of SARS-CoV-2 Transcriptome

(2020) Dongwan Kim et al.   CELL

SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor

(2020) Markus Hoffmann et al.   CELL

Computational Inference of Selection Underlying the Evolution of the Novel Coronavirus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

(2020) Rachele Cagliani et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Isolation of SARS-CoV-2-related coronavirus from Malayan pangolins

(2020) Kangpeng Xiao et al.   NATURE

Identifying SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses in Malayan pangolins

(2020) Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam et al.   NATURE

Structural basis of receptor recognition by SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Jian Shang et al.   NATURE

The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Kristian G. Andersen et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) by the numbers

(2020) Yinon M Bar-On et al.   eLife

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 through recombination and strong purifying selection

(2020) Xiaojun Li et al.   Science Advances

Structural and functional properties of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: potential antivirus drug development for COVID-19

(2020) Yuan Huang et al.   ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA

Tracking Changes in SARS-CoV-2 Spike: Evidence that D614G Increases Infectivity of the COVID-19 Virus

(2020) Bette Korber et al.   CELL

Evolutionary origins of the SARS-CoV-2 sarbecovirus lineage responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic

(2020) Maciej F. Boni et al.   Nature Microbiology

Emergence of genomic diversity and recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Lucy van Dorp et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Spike mutation D614G alters SARS-CoV-2 fitness

(2020) Jessica A. Plante et al.   NATURE

Broad host range of SARS-CoV-2 predicted by comparative and structural analysis of ACE2 in vertebrates

(2020) Joana Damas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolutionary and structural analyses of SARS-CoV-2 D614G spike protein mutation now documented worldwide

(2020) Sandra Isabel et al.   Scientific Reports

Positive selection within the genomes of SARS-CoV-2 and other Coronaviruses independent of impact on protein function

(2020) Alejandro Berrio et al.   PeerJ

SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein D614G mutation increases virion spike density and infectivity

(2020) Lizhou Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Changes to taxonomy and the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2018)

(2018) Andrew M. Q. King et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

The transcriptional and translational landscape of equine torovirus

(2018) Hazel Stewart et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

SWISS-MODEL: homology modelling of protein structures and complexes

(2018) Andrew Waterhouse et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

MERS-CoV spillover at the camel-human interface

(2018) Gytis Dudas et al.   eLife

Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses

(2018) Jie Cui et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Evolution of Human Coronavirus Genomes

(2017) Diego Forni et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Structure, Function, and Evolution of Coronavirus Spike Proteins

(2016) Fang Li   Annual Review of Virology

A Case for the Ancient Origin of Coronaviruses

(2013) J. O. Wertheim et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Discovery of a Novel Bottlenose Dolphin Coronavirus Reveals a Distinct Species of Marine Mammal Coronavirus in Gammacoronavirus

(2013) P. C. Y. Woo et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor

(2013) Xing-Yi Ge et al.   NATURE

Discovery of Seven Novel Mammalian and Avian Coronaviruses in the Genus Deltacoronavirus Supports Bat Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Alphacoronavirus and Betacoronavirus and Avian Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Gammacoronavirus and Deltacoronavirus

(2012) P. C. Y. Woo et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Evolutionary rate variation in Old World monkeys

(2009) N. Elango et al.   Biology Letters