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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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Assessment of the binding interactions of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein variants.

TL;DR: In this article , the impact of spike protein mutations on the binding interactions required for virus infection and the effectiveness of neutralizing monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapies was investigated using surface plasmon resonance.
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Naturally occurring spike mutations influence the infectivity and immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2

TL;DR: In this paper , the entry efficiency of individual spike mutations was determined in vitro using pseudotyped viruses, and the impact of individual mutations on immunogenicity was determined by determining the effect of individual spikes on the infectivity and antigenicity of viruses.
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Pre-Omicron Vaccine Breakthrough Infection Induces Superior Cross-Neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 Compared to Infection Alone

TL;DR: Overall, convalescent sera from patients with moderate disease had higher antibody levels and displayed a higher neutralizing ability against all strains than patients with mild or severe forms of the disease, suggesting a better cross-neutralization and higher affinity of vaccine-elicited antibodies over virus-induced antibodies.
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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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