SARS-CoV-2 spike protein displays sequence similarities with paramyxovirus surface proteins; a bioinformatics study

• Ehsan Ahmadi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Mohammad Reza Zabihi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Ramin Hosseinzadeh,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Leila Mohamed Khosroshahi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Farshid Noorbakhsh

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: f-noorbakhsh@sina.tums.ac.ir

  Affiliations Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Shefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatam Alanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4304-0048

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