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TWiV 418: Of mice and MERS

  • December 4, 2016
  • Tagged as: acute respiratory disease syndrome, cell receptor, coronavirus, CRISPR/Cas9, genome editing, MERS-CoV, permissive, susceptible, viral, virology, virus, viruses
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The TWiVsters describe a mouse model for MERS coronavirus-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome, produced by CRISPR/Cas9 editing of the murine gene encoding an ortholog of the virus receptor.

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