Movies (YouTube)
Narrations of the movies are Japanese, but English subtitles are available.
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for Science Fiesta (5min)
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for mainly Spikes (8 min)
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for all the pages (14 min)
Molecules of COVID-19
Shape of proteins for living things
Molecule of COVID-19
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by SARS corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Many researchers solve the three dimensional structures of corona virus protein and deposit them to PDB database in order to explore the mechanism of infection and develop effective therapies. Look into structures of various corona viruses, to learn the mechanism of infection, the immune system, and the mutant variants.
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A particle of corona virus
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20 amino acids for proteins
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Spike protein
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Spike can close and open
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Spike proteins and human ACE2 receptors
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Antibodies, in response to vaccine, bind to spikes to prevent infection
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Antibody cocktail
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Spike of variant has a slightly different amino acids
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RNA-denpendent RNA polymerase and remdesivir
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3C-like protease and its inhibitors