Recent advances in SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and RBD mutations comparison between new variants Alpha (B.1.1.7, United Kingdom), Beta (B.1.351, South Africa), Gamma (P.1, Brazil) and Delta (B.1.617.2, India)

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

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High expression of ACE2 receptor of 2019-nCoV on the epithelial cells of oral mucosa

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Potent binding of 2019 novel coronavirus spike protein by a SARS coronavirus-specific human monoclonal antibody

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SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Detected in Specific Cell Subsets across Tissues

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

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Characterization of the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of 2019 novel coronavirus: implication for development of RBD protein as a viral attachment inhibitor and vaccine

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Key residues of the receptor binding motif in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 that interact with ACE2 and neutralizing antibodies

(2020) Chunyan Yi et al.   Cellular & Molecular Immunology

The pivotal link between ACE2 deficiency and SARS-CoV-2 infection

(2020) Paolo Verdecchia et al.   European Journal of Internal Medicine

Middle East respiratory syndrome

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First known person-to-person transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the USA

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Structure of Mpro from SARS-CoV-2 and discovery of its inhibitors

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Cell entry mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2

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COVID-19, SARS and MERS: are they closely related?

(2020) N. Petrosillo et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses

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The ClusPro web server for protein–protein docking

(2017) Dima Kozakov et al.   Nature Protocols

Middle East respiratory syndrome

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