Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

The spike gene is a major determinant for the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron-BA.1 phenotype

  • G. Tuba Barut,
  • Nico Joel Halwe,
  • Adriano Taddeo,
  • Jenna N. Kelly,
  • Jacob Schön,
  • Nadine Ebert,
  • Lorenz Ulrich,
  • Christelle Devisme,
  • Silvio Steiner,
  • Bettina Salome Trüeb,
  • Bernd Hoffmann,
  • Inês Berenguer Veiga,
  • Nathan Georges François Leborgne,
  • Etori Aguiar Moreira,
  • Angele Breithaupt,
  • Claudia Wylezich,
  • Dirk Höper,
  • Kerstin Wernike,
  • Aurélie Godel,
  • Lisa Thomann,
  • Vera Flück,
  • Hanspeter Stalder,
  • Melanie Brügger,
  • Blandina I. Oliveira Esteves,
  • Beatrice Zumkehr,
  • Guillaume Beilleau,
  • Annika Kratzel,
  • Kimberly Schmied,
  • Sarah Ochsenbein,
  • Reto M. Lang,
  • Manon Wider,
  • Carlos Machahua,
  • Patrick Dorn,
  • Thomas M. Marti,
  • Manuela Funke-Chambour,
  • Andri Rauch,
  • Marek Widera,
  • Sandra Ciesek,
  • Ronald Dijkman,
  • Donata Hoffmann,
  • Marco P. Alves,
  • Charaf Benarafa,
  • Martin Beer,
  • Volker Thiel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33632-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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A comprehensive characterisation of Omicron-BA.1 and VOC Delta in numerous in vitro and in vivo models uncovers the factors that led to its global dominance.