The spike glycoprotein of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV contains a furin-like cleavage site absent in CoV of the same clade
Bruno Coutard, Coralie Valle, Xavier de Lamballerie, Bruno Canard, Nabil G. Seidah, Étienne Decroly
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