A nucleocapsid-tagged fluorescent pangolin coronavirus enables authentic-virus neutralization assays and localizes the antiviral activity of cepharanthine to viral entry
Yuezhen Ma, Shanshan Lu, Shengdong Luo, Yue Hu, Chenyang Wang, Xiao Zhang, Caiwu Li, Wenxin Zheng, Lihua Song
This paper develops a fluorescently tagged pangolin coronavirus for neutralization assays and identifies cepharanthine's antiviral activity at viral entry.
bioRxiv · Oct 4, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology