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Antigenic “supersite” could improve design of COVID-19 vaccines – News-Medical.Net

Researchers in the United States have defined an antigenic “supersite” within the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that could…

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Researchers in the United States have defined an antigenic “supersite” within the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that could have important implications for the design of vaccines to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The site was identified on the N-terminal domain (NTD) of the viral spike protein – the main structure the virus uses to bind and infect host cells.
The team – from Columbia University and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…

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