Imaging the spike of the Delta variant (IMAGE)

Boston Children's Hospital

Imaging the spike of the Delta variant

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This ribbon diagram shows the structure of the Delta variant’s spike protein before the virus fuses with its target cell. The N-terminal domain (NTD) is shown in blue and the receptor-binding domain (RBD) in cyan.

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Bing Chen, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital

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