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Interaction of Receptor-Binding Domain of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with hACE2 and Actin.
Cells - 7 Aug 2024
Fujimoto Ai, Kawai Haruki, Kawamura Rintaro, Kitamura Akira
Abstract excerpt
The omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified in 2021 as a variant with heavy amino acid mutations in the spike protein, which is targeted by most vaccines, compared to previous variants. Amino acid substitutions in the spike proteins may alter their affinity for host viral receptors and the host interactome. Here, we found that the receptor-binding domain...
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