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The Nidoviruses. 2006; 581: 335–338.
PMCID: PMC7123842
PMID: 17037556

SARS-CoV, But not HCoV-NL63, Utilizes Cathepsins to Infect Cells: Viral Entry

Guest Editor (s): Stanley Perlman, M.D., Ph.D.1 and Kathryn V. Holmes, Ph.D.2
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, 52242 Iowa City, IA USA
2Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Fitzsimons, 80045-8333 Aurora, CO USA
Stanley Perlman, ude.awoiu@namlreP-yelnatS.

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