Revealed: the protein 'spike' that lets the 2019-nCoV coronavirus pierce and invade human cells
- Written by Jianling Xie, Postdoctoral Scientist, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
Researchers Jason McLellan (left) and Daniel Wrapp study the structure of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus.Vivian Abagiu/Univ. of Texas at Austin
Researchers in the United States have unveiled the structure of the “spike protein” of 2019-nCoV – the virus behind the current coronavirus disease outbreak.
Despite the fact that researchers...