Antibody accessibility determines location of spike surface mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants.

The steady emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants gives us a real-time view of the interplay between viral evolution and the host immune defense. The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 is the primary target of antibodies. Here, we show that steric accessibility to antibodies provides a strong predictor of mutati...

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Main Authors: Sören von Bülow, Mateusz Sikora, Florian E C Blanc, Roberto Covino, Gerhard Hummer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010822