Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Mapping mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 RBD that escape binding by different classes of antibodies

  • Allison J. Greaney,
  • Tyler N. Starr,
  • Christopher O. Barnes,
  • Yiska Weisblum,
  • Fabian Schmidt,
  • Marina Caskey,
  • Christian Gaebler,
  • Alice Cho,
  • Marianna Agudelo,
  • Shlomo Finkin,
  • Zijun Wang,
  • Daniel Poston,
  • Frauke Muecksch,
  • Theodora Hatziioannou,
  • Paul D. Bieniasz,
  • Davide F. Robbiani,
  • Michel C. Nussenzweig,
  • Pamela J. Bjorkman,
  • Jesse D. Bloom

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24435-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Emerging SARS-CoV-2 mutants may escape neutralization by antibodies. Here, the authors use deep mutational scanning to identify mutations in the RBD that escape human monoclonal antibodies or convalescent plasmas.