Ca2+-dependent mechanism of membrane insertion and destabilization by the SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptide
George Khelashvili, Ambrose Plante, Milka Doktorova, Harel Weinstein
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Lipid bilayer fusionBiophysicsPeptideMembraneBilayerLipid bilayerChemistryCoronavirusInfectivityViral envelopePlasma protein bindingCell membraneProtein structurePeptide sequenceBiochemistryVirusBiologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)VirologyGlycoproteinMedicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyGeneDiseaseSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorBacteriophages and microbial interactions