How one SARS-CoV-2 protein keeps cells from fighting back
Greninger lab In SARS-CoV-2-infected cells (green), mRNA (red) is trapped in the nucleus. The blue represents the DNA of the nucleus. New research has uncovered a way SARS coronaviruses delay an immune defense against them. The coronavirus responsible for the SARS outbreak of 2003 and the one causing the current pandemic may prevent cells from responding to infection in a similar manner. They do this by making a viral protein that keeps molecules from moving through pores in the membrane that separates a cell nucleus from the surrounding cytoplasm. “With these pores blocked, infected cells ...
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