3DB formation and SARS-CoV-2 (IMAGE)

Texas Biomedical Research Institute

3DB formation and SARS-CoV-2

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This transmission electron microscopy image shows 3a dense bodies (3DBs), the darkest parts of the image, inside a cell infected with SARS-CoV-2. 3DBs play a critical role regulating the processing of the virus’s spike protein, before the spike protein is assembled into complete viral particles.

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Jueqi Chen/University of Chicago

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