SARS CoV2's Sugar Coated Shield (IMAGE)

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SARS CoV2's Sugar Coated Shield

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Image of the SARS-CoV-2 spike in the active position. Dark blue glycans shield the spike from the immune system, participate in activation, and stabilize the active form. The receptor binding domain changes shape in order to bind human cells is shown in cyan.

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Image credit: Lorenzo Casalino, Amaro Lab, UCSD.

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