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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

COVID-19: News of Omicron

Structural and functional characterizations of infectivity and immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

Highlights:

• Omicron spike stably maintains an active conformation for receptor recognition

• Improved stability of Omicron enhances attachment but compromises viral fusion

• Mutations perturb the conformation of antigenic sites recognized by most antibodies

• Structurally restrained regions of RBM can be targets for COVID-19 countermeasures

Please see here:

Structural and functional characterizations of infectivity and immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron: Cell

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