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Structural basis for accommodation of emerging B.1.351 and B.1.1.7 variants by two potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies.
Structure (London, England : 1993) - 1 Jul 2021
Cerutti Gabriele, Rapp Micah, Guo Yicheng, Bahna Fabiana, Bimela Jude, Reddem Eswar R, Yu Jian, Wang Pengfei, Liu Lihong, Huang Yaoxing, Ho David D, Kwong Peter D, Sheng Zizhang, Shapiro Lawrence
Abstract excerpt
Emerging SARS-CoV-2 strains, B.1.1.7 and B.1.351, from the UK and South Africa, respectively, show decreased neutralization by monoclonal antibodies and convalescent or vaccinee sera raised against the original wild-type virus, and are thus of clinical concern. However, the neutralization potency of two antibodies, 1-57 and 2-7, which target the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike, was unaffected by these...
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