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A camel-derived MERS-CoV with a variant spike protein cleavage site and distinct fusion activation properties

Jean Kaoru MilletDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853, USA
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Monty E GoldsteinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853, USA;Cornell Undergraduate Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853, USA
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Rachael N LabittDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853, USA;Cornell DVM Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853, USA
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Hung-Lun HsuSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853, USA;Cornell Graduate Field of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853, USA
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Susan DanielSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853, USA
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Gary R WhittakerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1-9 | Received 05 Aug 2016, Accepted 11 Oct 2016, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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