NendoU (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

NendoU

Caption

Image of NendoU, a protein used by the SARS CoV-2 virus to hide from the immune system. NendoU performs this feat by binding with viral RNA in the infected cell and cutting off a terminal portion of the sequence that the immune system uses to identify the presence of a foreign invader.

Credit

Worldwide Protein Data Bank

Usage Restrictions

No restrictions.

License

Public Domain

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