Summary
Short 3D-effect video of tomogram of budding SARS-CoV-2 virus taken by Dr Jason Roberts, Head of the Electron Microscopy and Structural Virology Laboratory at the Doherty Institute in April 2020. The image shows virus particle cores, coloured red, encased in their yellow-coloured viral envelopes. The parts coloured green and purple are part of the host cell, which is from an animal kidney. One of the virus particles can be seen exiting the cell in a process known as budding, which is a form of replication.
The render was produced by stitching together 126 individual two-dimensional electron microscope images taken at different angles.
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Born Digital File.
Significance
This image is uniquely sigificinant as it shows some of the biology of the COVID-19 disease. One of the virus particles can be seen exiting the cell in a process known as budding, which is a form of replication.
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Dr Jason Roberts - Doherty Insitute of Infection and Immunity, Parkville, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Apr 2020
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