Insect Cells for High-Yield Production of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein: Building a Virosome-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) homotrimeric spike (S) protein is responsible for mediating host cell entry by binding to the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor, thus being a key viral antigen to target in a coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) vaccine. Des...

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Main Authors: Bárbara Fernandes, Rute Castro, Farien Bhoelan, Denzel Bemelman, Ricardo A. Gomes, Júlia Costa, Patrícia Gomes-Alves, Toon Stegmann, Mario Amacker, Paula M. Alves, Sylvain Fleury, António Roldão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Pharmaceutics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/14/4/854