1159BanLec, a banana lectin, is a potent inhibitor of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in in vitro assays

Abstract

in in vitro assays Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan1,2,*, Kwok-Hung Chan1,2, Dan M. Boudreaux3, Michael D. Swanson4, David M. Markovitz3, Kwok-Yung Yuen1,2 1State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, HKSAR, China; 3Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; and 4Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. (*Correspondence: Jasper F. W. Chan. Email: jfwchan@hku.hk. Tel: (852) 22554892. Fax: (852) 28551241.)