P681 mutations within the polybasic motif of spike dictate fusogenicity and syncytia formation of SARS CoV-2 variants
A. Kuzmina, N. Atari, A. Ottolenghi, D. Korovin, I. Cohen Lass, B. Rosental, E. Rosenberg, M. Mandelboim, R. Taube
This study investigates how mutations at position 681 of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein affect viral fusogenicity and syncytia formation across variants.
bioRxiv · Apr 26, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology