The lifecycle of SARS-CoV-2. Scientific version
Maastricht University Maastricht University
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 Published On Nov 18, 2022

What happens if a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus enters your lung? This molecular animation visualises how the virus particle can take over the host cell and turns it into a virus factory. Eventually, the host cell produces so many viral particles that it dies, and releases numerous new virus particles.
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Chapters:
00:00 Healthy respiratory cells
00:25 Components of the virus
01:06 Variants
01:31 Entering the host cell
02:15 Making viral proteins
03:00 Viral RNA knot
03:55 Double membrane vesicles
04:14 Replicating viral genome
04:48 Making more viral proteins
05:09 Creating new viral particles
05:49 Release from the cell

Correction:
01:24 This should be D614G

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