Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Characterization and structural basis of a lethal mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2

  • Shihui Sun,
  • Hongjing Gu,
  • Lei Cao,
  • Qi Chen,
  • Qing Ye,
  • Guan Yang,
  • Rui-Ting Li,
  • Hang Fan,
  • Yong-Qiang Deng,
  • Xiaopeng Song,
  • Yini Qi,
  • Min Li,
  • Jun Lan,
  • Rui Feng,
  • Yan Guo,
  • Na Zhu,
  • Si Qin,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Yi-Fei Zhang,
  • Chao Zhou,
  • Lingna Zhao,
  • Yuehong Chen,
  • Meng Shen,
  • Yujun Cui,
  • Xiao Yang,
  • Xinquan Wang,
  • Wenjie Tan,
  • Hui Wang,
  • Xiangxi Wang,
  • Cheng-Feng Qin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25903-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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In this study, Qin et al. present a murine-adapted SARS-CoV-2 strain, MASCp36, as a model for studying the pathogenicity, evolution and adaptation of the virus to human and animal hosts.