Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus

"Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A class I viral fusion protein that forms the characteristic spikes, or peplomers, found on the viral surface that mediate virus attachment, fusion, and entry into the host cell. During virus maturation, it is cleaved into two subunits: S1, which binds to receptors in the host cell, and S2, which mediates membrane fusion.


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Bar chart showing 27 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2001 and 2021 and 2022
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