Compensatory epistasis maintains ACE2 affinity in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1
A. Moulana, T. Dupic, A. M. Phillips, J. Chang, S. Nieves, A. A. Roffler, A. J. Greaney, T. N. Starr, J. D. Bloom, M. M. Desai
This study identifies compensatory epistasis in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 that maintains ACE2 affinity despite antibody-escape mutations.
bioRxiv · Jun 17, 2022Evolutionary Biology