SARS-CoV-2 replication organelles in 3D (IMAGE)

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

SARS-CoV-2 replication organelles in 3D

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Infected cells were imaged by focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy, a powerful technique to reveal the organisation of a cell at the subcellular level in 3D. In this image, a subvolume of one cell was segmented to display membrane-bound organelles (in grey) and double-membrane vesicles (in red) - a virus-specific compartment where the viral genome is replicated in large quantities.

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Julian Hennies/EMBL

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