To start comparing quotes and simplify insurance-buying check out Policygenius: http://policygenius.com/minuteearth. Thanks to Policygenius for sponsoring this video! I found a really cool coronavirus illustration that led me to learn about viral attachment and entry. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Virus: a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. The study of viruses is known as virology. Virion: a complete virus particle, and consists of nucleic acid surrounded by a protective coat of protein called a capsid. Coronaviruses: a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal and include some cases of the common cold, SARS, MERS, and COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2: the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the respiratory illness responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. Class I fusion proteins: resemble influenza virus hemagglutinin in their structure. Post-fusion, the active site has a trimer of α-helical coiled-coils Proteins featured in this video: - SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S) Protein - Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan (HSPG) (Syndecan-4, especifically) - Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) - Furin - Transmembrane protease, serine 2 (TMPRSS2) If you liked this week’s video, you might also like: Coronaviruses 101: Focus on Molecular Virology by Britt Glaunsinger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_bOhZd6ieM Virology Lectures 2021: Attachment and entry by Vincent Racaniello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7grtc4k1fhg Building a visual consensus model of the SARS-CoV-2 life cycle https://animationlab.utah.edu/cova SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Ever Salazar | Script Writer, Narrator, Director, and Illustrator Aldo de Vos (Know Art) | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Sarah Berman • Arcadi Garcia Rius David Goldenberg • Julián Gustavo Gómez Melissa Hayes • Alex Reich • Henry Reich Peter Reich • Ever Salazar • Kate Yoshida OTHER CREDITS ***************** SARS-CoV-2 Fusion, 2020 - Illustration by David S. Goodsell, RCSB Protein Data Bank; doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-026 http://pdb101.rcsb.org/sci-art/goodsell-gallery/sars-cov-2-fusion Coronavirus outbreak (covid 19) explained through 3D Medical Animation - Video by scientificanimations.com https://youtu.be/I-Yd-_XIWJg?t=208 Coronavirus, Explained: This Pandemic - Video by Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81273378 How the Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells - Video by Bloomberg Quicktake https://youtu.be/4S3DXXtRZZg?t=128 Ink Drop/Drip in water - Video by CyberWebFX https://www.youtube.com/c/CyberWebFX OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Afzelius, B. (1994). Ultrastructure of human nasal epithelium during an episode of coronavirus infection. Virchows Archiv 424:295-300 Bestle, D., Heindl, M., Limburg, H., et all (2020). TMPRSS2 and furin are both essential for proteolytic activation of SARS-CoV-2 in human airway cells. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202000786 Buijsers B., et al (2020) Increased Plasma Heparanase Activity in COVID-19 Patients. Front. Immunol. 11:575047. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.575047 Casalino, L., et al (2020). Beyond Shielding: The Roles of Glycans in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein ACS Central Science 2020 6 (10), 1722-1734.