Nucleocapsid mutations in SARS-CoV-2 augment replication and pathogenesis.
B. A. Johnson, Y. Zhou, K. G. Lokugamage, M. N. Vu, N. E. Bopp, P. A. Crocquet-Valdes, B. Kalveram, C. Schindewolf, Y. Liu, D. Scharton, J. A. Plante, X. Xie, P. Aguilar, S. Weaver, P.-Y. Shi, , V. D. Menachery
This study shows that mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein enhance viral replication and pathogenesis by increasing phosphorylation and resisting kinase inhibition.
PLOS Pathogens · Jun 21, 2022Peer-reviewedMicrobiology