Epistasis lowers the genetic barrier to SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody escape

oleh: Leander Witte, Viren A. Baharani, Fabian Schmidt, Zijun Wang, Alice Cho, Raphael Raspe, Camila Guzman-Cardozo, Frauke Muecksch, Marie Canis, Debby J. Park, Christian Gaebler, Marina Caskey, Michel C. Nussenzweig, Theodora Hatziioannou, Paul D. Bieniasz

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01

Deskripsi

Witte et al show that previously acquired substitutions in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein enable the acquisition of new antibody escape substitutions. New and old substitutions interact to enable escape from broadly neutralizing antibodies.