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SUBMITTER: Xie X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7805448 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 20210107
Rapidly spreading variants of SARS-CoV-2 that have arisen in the United Kingdom and South Africa share the spike N501Y substitution, which is of particular concern because it is located in the viral receptor binding site for cell entry and increases binding to the receptor (angiotensin converting enzyme 2). We generated isogenic N501 and Y501 SARS-CoV-2. Sera of 20 participants in a previously reported trial of the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 had equivalent neutralizing titers to the N5 ...[more]