Species-specific molecular barriers to SARS-CoV-2 replication in bat cells
S.-M. Aicher, F. Streicher, M. Chazal, D. Planas, D. Luo, J. Buchrieser, M. Nemcova, V. Seidlova, J. Zukal, J. Serra-Cobo, D. Pontier, O. Schwartz, J. Pikula, L. Dacheux, N. Jouvenet
The paper investigates SARS-CoV-2 replication in bat cells and finds species-specific molecular barriers, with some cells controlling viral replication after human ACE2 expression.
bioRxiv · May 31, 2021Microbiology