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ArticlemBio2021

Temporal-Geographical Dispersion of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein Variant Lineages and Their Functional Prediction Using

Siaw Shi Boon, Chichao Xia, Maggie Haitian Wang, Ka Lai Yip, Ho Yin Luk, Sile Li, Rita W Y Ng, Christopher K C Lai, Paul Kay Sheung Chan, Zigui Chen

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Article in mBio, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Siaw Shi BoonDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Konggrid.10784.3a, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9772-2971
Chichao XiaDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Konggrid.10784.3a, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Maggie Haitian WangJockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Konggrid.10784.3a, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Ka Lai YipDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Konggrid.10784.3a, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Ho Yin LukDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Konggrid.10784.3a, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Sile LiDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Konggrid.10784.3a, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Rita W Y NgDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Konggrid.10784.3a, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Christopher K C LaiDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Konggrid.10784.3a, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Paul Kay Sheung ChanDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Konggrid.10784.3a, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6360-4608
Zigui ChenDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Konggrid.10784.3a, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8577-1298
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

FHB | Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) COVID190103Project Impact Enhancement Fund PIEF/Ph2/COVID/11
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus with emerging mutations, especially on the Spike glycoprotein (S protein). To delineate the genomic diversity in association with geographic dispersion of SARS-CoV-2 variant lineages, we collected 939,591 complete S protein sequences deposited in the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) from December 2019 to April 2021. An exponential emergence of S protein variants was observed since October 2020 when the four major variants of concern (VOCs), namely, alpha (α) (B.1.1.7), beta (β) (B.1.351), gamma (γ) (P.1), and delta (δ) (B.1.617), started to circulate in various communities. We found that residues 452, 477, 484, and 501, the 4 key amino acids located in the hACE2 binding domain of S protein, were under positive selection. Through

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COVID-19HumansMolecular Dynamics SimulationPhylogenyProtein BindingSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusVirulenceSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike glycoprotein, SARS-CoVspike protein, SARS-CoV-2amino acid variationCOVID-19in silico predictionSARS-CoV-2S protein

Identifiers

PMID34700382
PMCPMC8546546
OpenAlexW3208798941

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