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A second way into cells for SARS-CoV-2: A new understanding of… – AlKhaleej Today
A second way into cells for SARS-CoV-2: A new understanding of…
(MENAFN The Conversation) When it comes to how the coronavirus penetrates a cell, it takes three to do the tango. The dance began with the ACE2 receptor, a protein found on human cells that allows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to invade and infect the cell. But now a new dance partner enters another protein that is present on human cells. This tango of three proteins two human and one viral enhances SARS-CoV-2s ability to penetrate human cells, replicate, and cause disease.
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