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Ren, Z., Yan, L., Zhang, N. et al. The newly emerged SARS-Like coronavirus HCoV-EMC also has an “Achilles’ heel”: current effective inhibitor targeting a 3C-like protease. Protein Cell 4, 248–250 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13238-013-2841-3
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