The circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike variant N439K maintains fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity
E. C. Thomson, L. E. Rosen, J. G. Shepherd, R. Spreafico, A. da Silva Filipe, J. A. Wojcechowskyj, C. Davis, L. Piccoli, D. J. Pascall, J. Dillen, S. Lytras, N. Czudnochowski, R. Shah, M. Meury, N. Jesudason, , J. Nichols
The paper shows the N439K SARS-CoV-2 spike variant maintains replication fitness while evading antibody neutralization.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2020Microbiology