Nature Communications (Feb 2021)
A genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies host factors that regulate SARS-CoV-2 entry
- Yunkai Zhu,
- Fei Feng,
- Gaowei Hu,
- Yuyan Wang,
- Yin Yu,
- Yuanfei Zhu,
- Wei Xu,
- Xia Cai,
- Zhiping Sun,
- Wendong Han,
- Rong Ye,
- Di Qu,
- Qiang Ding,
- Xinxin Huang,
- Hongjun Chen,
- Wei Xu,
- Youhua Xie,
- Qiliang Cai,
- Zhenghong Yuan,
- Rong Zhang
Affiliations
- Yunkai Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Fei Feng
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Gaowei Hu
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Yuyan Wang
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Yin Yu
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Yuanfei Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Wei Xu
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Xia Cai
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Zhiping Sun
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Wendong Han
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Rong Ye
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Di Qu
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Qiang Ding
- Center for Infectious Disease Research, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University
- Xinxin Huang
- Technical Center For Animal, Plant and Food Inspection and Quarantine of Shanghai Customs
- Hongjun Chen
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS
- Wei Xu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University
- Youhua Xie
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Qiliang Cai
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Zhenghong Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- Rong Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21213-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein contains a multi-basic cleavage site. Here, the authors show how this multi-basic cleavage site affects entry of SARS-CoV-2 into cells and transmission in the hamster model and identify host factors affecting entry of SARS-CoV-2 in a genome-wide CRISPR screen.