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Receptor binding, immune escape, and protein stability direct the natural selection of SARS-CoV-2 variants.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Oct 2021
Upadhyay Vaibhav, Lucas Alexandra, Panja Sudipta, Miyauchi Ryuki, Mallela Krishna M G
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Emergence of new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variants has raised concerns related to the effectiveness of vaccines and antibody therapeutics developed against the unmutated wildtype virus. Here, we examined the effect of the 12 most commonly occurring mutations in the receptor-binding domain of the spike protein on its expression, stability, activity, and antibody escape potential. Stability...
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