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Cutting epitopes to survive: the case of lambda variant

Pascarella, S.; Ciccozzi, M.; Bianchi, M.; Benvenuto, D.; Cauda, R.; Cassone, A.

2021-08-16 bioinformatics
10.1101/2021.08.14.456353 bioRxiv
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This manuscript concisely reports an in-silico study on the potential impact of the Spike protein mutations on immuno-escape ability of SARS-CoV-2 lambda variant. Biophysical and bioinformatics data suggest that a combination of shortening immunogenic epitope loops and generation of potential N-glycosylation sites may be a viable adaptation strategy potentially allowing this emerging viral variant escaping host immunity.

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