Giuseppe Michieli<p>Acquisition of a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/multibasic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multibasic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cleavage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleavage</span></a> site does not increase <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MERS</span></a>-CoV <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/entry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entry</span></a> into Calu-3 <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/lung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lung</span></a>&nbsp;cells</p><p>Source: Journal of Virology, ABSTRACTHuman-to-human transmission of the highly pathogenic Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is currently inefficient. However, there is concern that the virus might mutate and thereby increase its transmissibility and thus pandemic potential. The pandemic SARS-CoV-2 depends on a highly cleavable furin motif…</p><p><a href="https://etidioh.wordpress.com/2024/10/29/acquisition-of-a-multibasic-cleavage-site-does-not-increase-mers-cov-entry-into-calu-3-human-lung-cells/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">etidioh.wordpress.com/2024/10/</span><span class="invisible">29/acquisition-of-a-multibasic-cleavage-site-does-not-increase-mers-cov-entry-into-calu-3-human-lung-cells/</span></a></p>