Coronavirus spike protein
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coronavirus-spike-protein-184-5674684
title:
Coronavirus spike protein
text:
Spike (S) glycoprotein is the largest of the four major structural proteins found in coronaviruses. The spike protein assembles into trimers that form large structures, called spikes or peplomers, that project from the surface of the virion. The distinctive appearance of these spikes when visualized using negative stain transmission electron microscopy, "recalling the solar corona", gives the virus family its main name. The function of the spike glycoprotein is to mediate viral entry into the ho
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encyclopedia
description:
Glycoprotein spike on a viral capsid or viral envelope
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_spike_protein
date created:
2021-08-07T21:05:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T08:55:23Z
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