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Visualizing an unseen enemy; mobilizing structural biology to counter COVID‐19
Author(s) -
Baker Edward N.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section f
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.572
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2053-230X
DOI - 10.1107/s2053230x20004847
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , adversary , key (lock) , biology , computational biology , data science , virology , computer science , medicine , computer security , ecology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , outbreak
Crystallography in its broadest sense has a crucial role to play in addressing the current COVID‐19 pandemic. An outpouring of structural information on key viral proteins has resulted and importantly these data have immediately been shared with researchers round the world to speed the discovery of effective therapeutic agents.