This image shows how SARS-CoV-2 Mpro recognizes and cuts NEMO based on the crystal structure determined using a powerful X-ray beam at SSRL Beam Line 12-2.
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This graphic illustration shows how a SARS-CoV-2 protease attaches to a new molecule. The new molecule is meant to slow the virus inside an...
This image shows the SARS-CoV-2 virus's main protease, Mpro, and two strands of a human protein, called NEMO.
This graphic illustration shows how a SARS-CoV-2 protease attaches to a new molecule. The new molecule is meant to slow the virus inside an...
This image shows the SARS-CoV-2 virus's main protease, Mpro, and two strands of a human protein, called NEMO.
