# spike protein

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

**Wikidata**: [Q22329850](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22329850)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_protein)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/spike-protein


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. UMLS 2023
4. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)