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Convergent Evolution in SARS-CoV-2 Spike Creates a Variant Soup from Which New COVID-19 Waves Emerge

The first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic were mainly characterized by recurrent mutations of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein at residues K417, L452, E484, N501 and P681 emerging independently across different variants of concern (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta). Such homoplasy is a marker of convergent ev...

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Autores principales: Focosi, Daniele, Quiroga, Rodrigo, McConnell, Scott, Johnson, Marc C., Casadevall, Arturo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9917121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36768588
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24032264