Some medically important viruses―including retroviruses, flaviviruses, coronaviruses, and
herpesviruses―code for a protease, which is indispensable for viral maturation and …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was the first pandemic transmissible disease of
previously unknown aetiology in the twenty-first century. Early epidemiologic investigations …

The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by infection with
human coronavirus 2019 (HCoV-19/SARS-CoV-2/2019-nCoV), is a global threat to the …

Background Studies on the fusion-inhibitory peptides derived from the heptad repeat 1 and
2 (HR1 and HR2) regions of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein gp41 provided crucial …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus belongs to the Coronaviridea family of
viruses. Its virion encodes several proteins including a replicase and four structural proteins …

The spike (S) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome associated coronavirus (SARS-
CoV) is a major antigenic determinant capable of inducing protective immunity. Recently, a …

Conclusions We have shown that human SARS-CoV can infect domesticated mammals, in
particular, the pig. The direct source of SARS-CoV transmission to the identified infected …

In this study, we calculated the codon usage bias in severe acute respiratory syndrome
Coronavirus (SARSCoV) and performed a comparative analysis of synonymous codon …

A novel coronavirus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS-
CoV), was identified as the causative agent of SARS. The profile of specific antibodies to …

The spike (S) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS-CoV)
is not only responsible for receptor binding and virus fusion, but also a major Ag among the …