Often overlooked, molecules called glycans regulate COVID-19 spike protein function
If you're an avid reader of science news, you've probably heard of viral proteins such as the COVID-19 spike protein.
If you're an avid reader of science news, you've probably heard of viral proteins such as the COVID-19 spike protein.
Biochemistry
Sep 26, 2022
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One of the essential factors the COVID-19 virus needs to enter a host is a receptor on a human cell—a place where the universally recognized spike protein can latch onto the cell surface, pierce it, disgorge its infectious ...
Biochemistry
Sep 22, 2022
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SARS-CoV-2 is constantly mutating and each new variant often catches the world by surprise. Take for example the highly mutated omicron variant that emerged last November and required health authorities to develop a rapid ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 5, 2022
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, images of the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, have been seared in our minds. But the way we picture the virus, typically as a sphere with spikes, is not strictly accurate. Microscope images ...
General Physics
Aug 31, 2022
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Researchers led by Dr. Jiao Yuling from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators from Peking University, have found that gene editing of an APETALA2/ethylene ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 19, 2022
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Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been able to produce antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in hen eggs. Antibodies harvested from eggs might be used to treat COVID-19 or as a preventative measure ...
Biotechnology
Jul 13, 2022
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When the coronavirus causing COVID-19 infects human cells, the cell's protein-processing machinery makes modifications to the spike protein that render it more flexible and mobile, which could increase its ability to infect ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 5, 2022
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Of the three groups of rotavirus that cause gastroenteritis in people, called groups A, B and C, groups A and C affect mostly children and are the best characterized. On the other hand, of group B, which causes severe diarrhea ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 9, 2022
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The rapid emergence of new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has diminished the protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines. A new approach developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) now provides an alternative ...
Biochemistry
Jun 6, 2022
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A nanoparticle vaccine that combines two proteins that induce immune responses against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that has caused the global pandemic, has the potential to be developed ...
Bio & Medicine
May 25, 2022
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