Scientists discover how the SARS-CoV-2 virus initiates replication program in infected cells

How SARS-CoV-2 initiates its replication process during infection is not yet fully understood. Researchers from the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg have now shown for the first time in the journal Cell that it is the human protein SND1 that works together with the viral protein NSP9 to stimulate the virus's genetic replication program in infected cells.