Recombinant production of a functional SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain in the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Anthony Berndt, T. Smalley, B Ren, Amr Badary, Alyssa A. Sproles, Francis J. Fields, Yasin Torres-Tiji, V. Heredia, S. Mayfield
This paper reports the production of SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD in algae, showing it can bind ACE2 and may serve as a low-cost antigen source.
bioRxiv · Jan 29, 2021 · PreprintSynthetic Biology