SARS-CoV-2 virus proteins
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Details of the '''3D structure & function''' of the key proteins & RNA inside the virus can be seen in the ''NY Times''<ref name="NY Times COVID-19">[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/03/science/coronavirus-genome-bad-news-wrapped-in-protein.html ''NY Times'' (3-Apr-2020) Bad News Wrapped in Protein: Inside the Coronavirus Genome]</ref>. | Details of the '''3D structure & function''' of the key proteins & RNA inside the virus can be seen in the ''NY Times''<ref name="NY Times COVID-19">[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/03/science/coronavirus-genome-bad-news-wrapped-in-protein.html ''NY Times'' (3-Apr-2020) Bad News Wrapped in Protein: Inside the Coronavirus Genome]</ref>. | ||
| - | "The first viral protein created inside the infected cell, ORF1ab, is actually a chain of 16 proteins joined together. Two of these proteins act like scissors, snipping the links between the different proteins and freeing them to do their jobs."<ref name="NY Times COVID-19"> | + | "The first viral protein created inside the infected cell, ORF1ab, is actually a chain of 16 proteins joined together. Two of these proteins act like scissors, snipping the links between the different proteins and freeing them to do their jobs."<ref name="NY Times COVID-19"/> |
* [[SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Main Protease| Main protease]]: it is a cysteine protease that is essential for the viral life cycle. | * [[SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Main Protease| Main protease]]: it is a cysteine protease that is essential for the viral life cycle. | ||
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