Genomic Cues From Beta-Coronaviruses and Mammalian Hosts Sheds Light on Probable Origins and Infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 Causing COVID-19

Front Genet. 2020 Aug 31:11:902. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00902. eCollection 2020.

Charles A Narh^{1

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¹ Life Sciences, Burnet Institute for Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
² Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; bat; furin-protease; inflammasome; origin; pangolin; spike-glycoprotein.