Coronavirus spike proteins change shape into 10 different shapes to invade cells.
The spikes morph into at least 10 different shapes, according to a new study. The authors classify ten different molecular species including the unbound, closed spike trimer. Read more ….Source Benton, D.J., Wrobel, A.G., Xu, P. et al. Receptor binding and priming of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 for membrane fusion. Nature (2020).