Newly discovered host mechanism in coronaviruses

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A previously unknown cellular mechanism crucial to the replication of coronaviruses has been identified: c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) is activated during infection with human coronavirus HCoV-229E and mediates the phosphorylation of the viral nucleocapsid (N) protein.

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