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University of Wisconsin-Madison

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The anti-viral peptide is made up of three corkscrews (in green), which lock around the virus's fusion protein (in orange) to prevent the virus from entering cells. The Gellman lab added unique beta amino acids to the peptide (in purple) in a way that didn't interfere with this crucial interaction and made the peptide more stable.

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Images by Victor Outlaw.

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