How tiny hinges bend the infection-spreading spikes of a coronavirus

PHYSorg
Nov 14, 2023, 1:06 pm196 pts
A coronavirus uses protein "spikes" to grab and infect cells. Despite their name, those spikes aren't stiff and pointy. They're shaped like chicken drumsticks with the meaty part facing out, and the meaty part can tilt every which way on its slender stalk. That ability to tilt, it turns out, affects how…

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