SARS CoV2 Helicase (IMAGE)

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SARS CoV2 Helicase

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Nsp13 helicase (orange) unwinds RNA (blue), the same material as the SARS-CoV-2 genome. Recent findings show that mechanical forces (black arrows) increase nsp13 unwinding efficiency.

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Image courtesy of Keith Mickolajczyk.

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