Researchers reveal how the SARS-CoV-2 virus acquires its spherical shape

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Source: Kuhlman lab, UC Riverside.

Researchers report that when the M protein, which is adjacent to the spike protein on SARS-CoV-2, gets lodged in the membrane, it coaxes the membrane to curve by locally reducing the membrane thickness.

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