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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Binds to Human Cells More Strongly than the Wild Type: Evidence from Molecular Dynamics Simulation

20 Jun 2022

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The emergence of the variant of concern Omicron (B.1.1.529) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has aggravated the Covid-19 pandemic due to its very contagious ability. The high infection rate may be due to the high binding affinity of Omicron to human cells, but both experimental and computational studies have yielded conflicting results on this issue. Some studies have shown that the Omicron...

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PMID: 35723978
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c01048

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