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Structural and Functional Analysis of the D614G SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Variant.

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It is shown that D614G was more infectious than the ancestral form on human lung cells, colon cells, and on cells rendered permissive by ectopic expression of human ACE2 or of ACE2 orthologs from various mammals, including Chinese rufous horseshoe bat and Malayan pangolin.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2020-10-29 and is currently open access. It has received 840 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Virion membrane & Protein structure.

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The next phase of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance: real-time molecular epidemiology.

TL;DR: The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the first to apply whole-genome sequencing near to real time, with over 2 million severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) wholegenome sequences generated and shared through the GISAID platform as discussed by the authors.
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SARS-COV-2 Variants: Differences and Potential of Immune Evasion

TL;DR: This review addressed the following critical points concerning VOCs: characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 V OCs with mutations in the S gene, possible evasion of variants from neutralizing antibodies generated through vaccination, previous infection, or immune therapies, potential risk of new pandemic waves induced by the variants worldwide, and perspectives for further studies and actions.
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The SARS-CoV-2 Spike variant D614G favors an open conformational state.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that changes in the protein energetics favor a higher population of infection-capable states in the G-form through release of asymmetry present in the D-form inter-protomer interactions.
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TL;DR: Human airway epithelial cells were used to isolate a novel coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV, which formed a clade within the subgenus sarbecovirus, Orthocoronavirinae subfamily, which is the seventh member of the family of coronaviruses that infect humans.
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