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Glycosaminoglycans induce conformational change in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 Receptor Binding Domain
2020-04-29
Abstract excerpt
The glycosaminoglycan (GAG) class of polysaccharides are utilised by a plethora of microbial pathogens as receptors for adherence and invasion. The GAG heparin prevents infection by a range of viruses when added exogenously, including the S-associated coronavirus strain HSR1 and more recently we have demonstrated that heparin can block cellular invasion by SARS-CoV-2. Heparin has found widespread clinical use as a...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3a826e8d-19d1-5cc9-99d7-ca8210b67007
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.04.29.068767
