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The Spike of Concern-The Novel Variants of SARS-CoV-2.
Viruses - 27 May 2021
Winger Anna, Caspari Thomas
Abstract excerpt
The high sequence identity of the first SARS-CoV-2 samples collected in December 2019 at Wuhan did not foretell the emergence of novel variants in the United Kingdom, North and South America, India, or South Africa that drive the current waves of the pandemic. The viral spike receptor possesses two surface areas of high mutagenic plasticity: the supersite in its N-terminal domain (NTD) that is recognised by all...
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