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A special protein facilitates the infection of cells by SARS-CoV-2 – AlKhaleej Today

A special protein facilitates the infection of cells by SARS-CoV-2

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In recent months, virologists have succeeded in highlighting the global mechanism of infection of human cells by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, based on the protein Spike. However, the question of why the virus is so infectious and how it penetrates cells so easily remains unanswered. However, a team of researchers may have found the key element answering these questions: neuropilin-1. This small surface protein would indeed, by its binding to the virus, facilitate its mechanism of infection of cells….

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