The fingers of the N protein in SARS-CoV-2 (IMAGE)

Goethe University Frankfurt

The fingers of the N protein in SARS-CoV-2

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Like fingers, protrusions of the N-terminal domain of the viral N protein explore the RNA (black) in search of specific viral RNA motifs and then bind tightly to them.

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Andreas Schlundt, Goethe University Frankfurt

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