SARS-CoV-2 spike protein fusion transformation
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Revision as of 19:36, 3 August 2020
This page is under construction starting August, 2020.
The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 plays a central role in virus attachment to the ACE2 receptor on host cells, and in getting the RNA genome of the virus into the host cell via fusion of the virus and host cell membranes, initiating infection.
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