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gerald pao
@PLURplus
Biological Scientist @SalkInstitute @Scripps_Ocean dabbling in Bio DataScience, Neuroscience, Cephalopods, AI&HPC using Nonlinear Dynamics & Molecular Biology
Jul 31, 2020 • 15 tweets • 8 min read
Our 1. #SARSCoV2 preprint by @junk_junk_junk Collab of @salkinstitute & @RyanLabUSC We show experimental lab confirmation for field observations that D614G is taking over the world. 5X more infectivity. Many thanks to @DanielleFong who funded this work.
biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Cells fused by hACE2 and SARS-CoV2 spike protein into syncyt So what is spike protein? Spike protein mediates the entry of the #SARSCoV2 virus into cells. Also called S for short.
In Coronaviruses they are thought to be located in the ER membrane in the virus producing cells. Coronavirus biogenesis from Fields Virology