Epistasis lowers the genetic barrier to SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody escape
L. Witte, V. Baharani, F. Schmidt, Z. Wang, A. Cho, R. Raspe, M. C. Guzman-Cardozo, F. Muecksch, C. Gaebler, M. Caskey, M. C. Nussenzweig, T. Hatziioannou, P. D. Bieniasz
The paper shows that epistasis reduces the genetic barrier for SARS-CoV-2 variants to escape broadly neutralizing antibodies by enabling resistance through combinations of mutations.
bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2022Microbiology