Vaccines
SARS-CoV-2: structures light the path to vaccines and treatment
Shape of the viral spike revealedTo gain entry into human cells, the SARS-CoV-2 virus uses a “spike” on its surface, that recognizes receptors on human cells.…
Data availability
SARS-CoV-2: getting the data out there, and getting more from it
The processed X-ray diffraction data used to produce the structures of SARS-Cov-2 proteins are freely available. This means that anyone can improve these models using open source software. Better structures mean more biological insights.…
Structural biology
Structural Biology of SARS-CoV-2
Like many scientific communities, structural biologists have responded extraordinarily quickly in the fight against the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, also referred to as 2019-nCoV) and the resultant disease COVID-19, by determining the structure of many of the viral proteins.…