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SUBMITTER: Qiu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7156207 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May - Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Microbes and infection 20200319 4-5
SARS-CoV-2, the newly identified human coronavirus causing severe pneumonia pandemic, was probably originated from Chinese horseshoe bats. However, direct transmission of the virus from bats to humans is unlikely due to lack of direct contact, implying the existence of unknown intermediate hosts. Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the receptor of SARS-CoV-2, but only ACE2s of certain species can be utilized by SARS-CoV-2. Here, we evaluated and ranked the receptor-utilizing capability of ...[more]