Wuhan Seafood Market Pneumonia Virus Structure (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Wuhan Seafood Market Pneumonia Virus Structure

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The virus structure is made up of at least three viral proteins, the spike protein, the membrane protein and the envelope protein.

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From Mechanisms of Coronavirus Cell Entry Mediated by the Viral Spike Protein Belouzard et al, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3397359/

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