Scientists uncover the structural mechanism of coronavirus receptor binding

(The Francis Crick Institute) The spike protein on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can adopt at least ten distinct structural states, when in contact with the human virus receptor ACE2, according to research from the Francis Crick Institute published in Nature today (Thursday).
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