Scientists Able to 'Map' the Protein the Coronavirus Uses to Enter Human Cells, Paving the Way for a Vaccine

Yasemin Saplakoglu : Feb 20, 2020
LiveScience.com

[LiveScience.com] Though the coronavirus uses many different proteins to replicate and invade cells, the spike protein is the major surface protein that it uses to bind to a receptor—another protein that acts like a doorway into a human cell. After the spike protein binds to the human cell receptor, the viral membrane fuses with the human cell membrane, allowing the genome of the virus to enter human cells and begin infection. So "if you can prevent attachment and fusion, you will prevent entry," McLellan told Live Science... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click here to read. (Image: Pixabay)