Research

Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Title :

Structural and mechanistic studies to understand SARS-CoV-2 ingress into human cells and its therapeutic intervention

Area of research :

COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Focus area :

COVID-19 Therapeutics

Principal Investigator :

Dr Jayanta Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bengaluru

Timeline Start Year :

2020

Contact info :

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Executive Summary :

The project aims structural and mechanistic studies on full-length and truncated spike-protein of SARS-CoV-2 with ACE2 receptor to provide a previously unattainable view of the interaction of viral protein with ACE2 receptor.

Organizations involved