Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron HK.3 variant harboring the "FLip" substitution
Y. Kosugi, A. Plianchaisuk, O. Putri, K. Uriu, Y. Kaku, A. A. Hinay, L. Chen, J. Kuramochi, K. Sadamasu, K. Yoshimura, H. Asakura, M. Nagashima, The Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium, J. Ito, K. Sato
This study investigates the virological properties of the SARS-CoV-2 HK.3 variant, a FLip variant with substitutions S:L455F and S:F456L, to assess its growth advantage.
bioRxiv · Nov 14, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology