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You are correct. I should have stated furin cleavage sites have not been observed in another beta coronavirus. (Cold, MERS, SARS) I corrected my statement. Th
by Jimmc414 5y ago
You are correct. I should have stated furin cleavage sites have not been observed in another beta coronavirus. (Cold, MERS, SARS) I corrected my statement. Thank you for pointing that out.
- etaoins 5y agoThat’s still incorrect. MERS is a Betacoronavirus and has a furin cleavage site: https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/111/42/15214.full.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/111/42/15214.full.pdf Furin clevage sites haven’t been found elsewhere in SARS-Cov-2’s Sarbecovirus subgenus.