Keeping SARS-CoV-2 closed for business with small molecules (IMAGE)

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Keeping SARS-CoV-2 closed for business with small molecules

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Some small molecules can lock SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins in a harmless closed configuration (left) instead of the infectious open configuration (right).

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Adapted from ACS Central Science 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.2c01190

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