Virological characteristics correlating with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein fusogenicity

Authors: MST Monira Begum, Kimiko Ichihara, Otowa Takahashi, Hesham Nasser, Michael Jonathan, Kenzo Tokunaga, Isao Yoshida, Mami Nagashima, Kenji Sadamasu, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, The Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium, Kei Sato, Terumasa Ikeda, Keita Matsuno, Naganori Nao, Hirofumi Sawa, Shinya Tanaka, Masumi Tsuda, Lei Wang, Yoshikata Oda, Zannatul Ferdous, Kenji Shishido, Takasuke Fukuhara, Tomokazu Tamura, Rigel Suzuki, Saori Suzuki, Hayato Ito, Jumpei Ito, Yu Kaku, Naoko Misawa, Arnon Plianchaisuk, Ziyi Guo, Alfredo Jr. Hinay, Keiya Uriu, Yusuke Kosugi, Shigeru Fujita, Jarel Elgin Mendoza Tolentino, Luo Chen, Lin Pan, Mai Suganami, Mika Chiba, Ryo Yoshimura, Kyoko Yasuda, Keiko Iida, Naomi Ohsumi, Adam Patrick Strange, Hiroyuki Asakura, So Nakagawa, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo, Kotaro Shirakawa, Kayoko Nagata, Ryosuke Nomura, Yoshihito Horisawa, Yusuke Tashiro, Yugo Kawai, Kazuo Takayama, Rina Hashimoto, Sayaka Deguchi, Yukio Watanabe, Ayaka Sakamoto, Naoko Yasuhara, Takao Hashiguchi, Tateki Suzuki, Kanako Kimura, Jiei Sasaki, Yukari Nakajima, Hisano Yajima, Takashi Irie, Ryoko Kawabata, Kaori Tabata, Ryo Shimizu, Yuka Mugita, Takamasa Ueno, Chihiro Motozono, Mako Toyoda, Akatsuki Saito, Maya Shofa, Yuki Shibatani, Tomoko Nishiuchi

Source: Frontiers in Virology, Vol 4 (2024)

Subject Terms: SARS-CoV-2, fusogenicity, pathogenicity, S1/S2 cleavage efficiency, plaque size, pseudoviral infectivity, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fviro.2024.1353661/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2673-818X

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/5d2678f123154258a7ff9b66e6f6851e