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Coronavirus life cycle
This illustration, titled "Coronavirus Life Cycle," shows a cross section through a cell infected with a coronavirus such as SARS-CoV-2 as it's actively replicating, and new viruses are being created. The cell's molecules are shown in blues and greens, and the viral molecules are shown in pinks and purples.
The illustration was created by David S. Goodsell, a research professor at Rutgers University and scientific outreach lead for PDB-101, the education and outreach arm of the U.S. National Science Foundation-supported (grant DBI 2321666) Protein Data Bank, an online portal for exploring the world of proteins and nucleic acids.
More in-depth detail about what's pictured in the illustration can be found here or visit the PDB-101 Molecular Landscapes gallery. (Date of image: 2020; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: Aug. 16, 2024)
Credit: Illustration by David S. Goodsell/RCSB Protein Data Bank/Scripps Research/doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-023 Integrative illustration for coronavirus outreach (2020) PLoS Biol 18: e3000815 doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000815 (available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International)
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