Article
XEC: international spread of a new sublineage of Omicron SARS-CoV-2
2024-10-12
Abstract excerpt
XEC, a new sublineage of the KP3.3 and KS1.1 Omicron variants, has several mutations in the Spike protein (T22N, F59S, F456L, Q493E and V1104L). Due to the importance of the S protein as a mediator of SARS-CoV-2 entry into cells, in addition to being a potential drug target for COVID-19, XEC was included in the list of “Currently Circulating Variants Under Monitoring” on 24 September 2024. The XEC variant has been...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9950dbf6-f7f9-5dd6-80b5-089fb102b305
- DOI
- 10.22541/au.172873324.41905753/v1
