Yifei Lang

Structural basis for human coronavirus attachment to sialic acid receptors

M. Alejandra Tortorici, Alexandra C. Walls, Yifei Lang et al. · Nature Structural & Molecular Biology · 2019 · 637 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +17

Human coronaviruses OC43 and HKU1 bind to 9- <i>O</i> -acetylated sialic acids via a conserved receptor-binding site in spike protein domain A

Ruben J. G. Hulswit, Yifei Lang, Mark J. G. Bakkers et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2019 · 419 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +17

Identification of sialic acid-binding function for the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus spike glycoprotein

Wentao Li, Ruben J. G. Hulswit, Ivy Widjaja et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · 364 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +17

Betacoronavirus Adaptation to Humans Involved Progressive Loss of Hemagglutinin-Esterase Lectin Activity

Mark J. G. Bakkers, Yifei Lang, L.J. Feitsma et al. · Cell Host & Microbe · 2017 · 126 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +11

Coronavirus hemagglutinin-esterase and spike proteins coevolve for functional balance and optimal virion avidity

Yifei Lang, Wentao Li, Zeshi Li et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 89 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +17