Evidence of antigenic drift in the fusion machinery core of SARS-CoV-2 spike
T. J. C. Tan, A. Odle, R. Lei, K. A. Matreyek, S. Perlman, L.-Y. R. Wong, N. C. Wu
This study identifies S2 domain mutations in SARS-CoV-2 spike that reduce binding to antibodies, showing antigenic drift in this region and its impact on vaccine efficacy.
bioRxiv · Sep 27, 2023Microbiology