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spike protein

short structure attached to an icosahedral virion capsid, and used for attachment to the host cell
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spike protein

Summary

spike protein is a cellular component[1]. It draws 178 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #35 of 301).[2]

Key Facts

  • spike protein's instance of is recorded as cellular component[3].
  • spike protein's subclass of is recorded as virion component[4].
  • spike protein's part of is recorded as icosahedral viral capsid[5].
  • spike protein's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0263_68[6].
  • spike protein's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0098029[7].
  • spike protein's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0098029[8].
  • spike protein's UMLS CUI is recorded as C3548373[9].
  • spike protein's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject COVID-19[10].
  • spike protein's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 14290400[11].
  • spike protein's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2909509916[12].
  • spike protein's WikiProjectMed ID is recorded as Spike protein[13].
  • spike protein's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as peplomery-0d1fd6[14].

Why It Matters

spike protein draws 178 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #35 of 301).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_spike-protein_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{spike protein}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/spike-protein}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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