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Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Tokai National Higher Education and Research System

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An illustration of the PRM-A molecule and the branched oligomannose structure found in N-glycans and how they bind with a graphic representation of the resultant decrease in the relative infectivity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus when exposed to PRM-A. 

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Yu Nakagawa, Nagoya University

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