The furin cleavage site in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is required for transmission in ferrets
Thomas P. Peacock, Daniel H. Goldhill, Jie Zhou, Laury Baillon, Rebecca Frise, Olivia C. Swann, Ruthiran Kugathasan, Rebecca Penn, Jonathan C. Brown, Raul Y. Sanchez-David, Luca Braga, Maia Kavanagh Williamson, Jack A. Hassard, Ecco Staller, Brian Hanley, Michael Osborn, Mauro Giacca, Andrew D. Davidson, David A. Matthews, William Barclay
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FurinCleavage (geology)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VirologySpike ProteinTransmission (telecommunications)BiologySpike (software development)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineComputer scienceBiochemistryEnzymePathologyDiseasePaleontologySoftware engineeringFracture (geology)Infectious disease (medical specialty)TelecommunicationsSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchAnimal Virus Infections StudiesVirus-based gene therapy research