Article
Emergence of a SARS-CoV-2 E484K variant of interest in Arizona
2021-03-28
Abstract excerpt
SARS-CoV-2 is locked in a high-stakes arms race between the dynamics of rising population immunity and escape mutations. The E484K mutation in the spike protein reduces neutralization by post-vaccination sera and monoclonal antibody therapeutics. We detected the emergence of an E484K harboring variant B.1.243.1 from a common circulating variant (B.1.243) in the United States. In contrast to other instances when th...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 79a54b2a-537e-500f-beea-4ef7ad96a3e5
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.03.26.21254367
