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Title SARS-CoV-2 Cryo-ET Structure
Image
SARS-CoV-2 virus particle with surface spike proteins; inset shows spike protein receptor-binding domain (RBD) conformations: closed, open, and postfusion with overlay of MRC LMB logo watermark.
Filename 2020_Covid-SARS-CoV-2-virus-structure_c-MRC-LMB-scaled.jpg
Description

3D model of SARS-CoV-2 created at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology using electron cryo-tomography (cryo-ET) data analysed by John Briggs’ group and collaborators, published in Nature.

This model of an authentic virus particle reveals positions, conformations and orientations of the spike proteins on the virion membrane (blue). RBD = Receptor Binding Domain.
Keywords Virus, Covid, SARS-CoV-2, Models
Date 2020
Copyright MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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