SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway

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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway

Published in Nature Microbiology • Jul 7, 2022

Authors:

Brian J. Willett

Joe Grove

Oscar A. MacLean

Abstract

Vaccines based on the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 are a cornerstone of the public health response to COVID-19. The emergence of hypermutated, increasingly transmissible variants of concern (VOCs) threaten this strategy. Omicron (B.1.1.529), the fifth VOC to be described, harbours multiple amino acid...

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Endosome

Biology

Antigenicity

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