Wilhelm Furnon

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway

Brian J. Willett, Joe Grove, Oscar A. MacLean et al. · Nature Microbiology · 2022 · 701 citations · Full text

The altered entry pathway and antigenic distance of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant map to separate domains of spike protein

Thomas P. Peacock, Jonathan C. Brown, Jie Zhou et al. · 2022 · 291 citations · Full text

Viral Pathogenesis, Immunology, Immunodominance +19

A plasmid DNA-launched SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics system and coronavirus toolkit for COVID-19 research

Suzannah J. Rihn, Andres Merits, Siddharth Bakshi et al. · PLoS Biology · 2021 · 237 citations · Full text

Engineering, Genetics, Immunology +19

In vitro selection of Remdesivir resistance suggests evolutionary predictability of SARS-CoV-2

Agnieszka M. Szemiel, Andres Merits, Richard Orton et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2021 · 158 citations · Full text

Remdesivir Resistance, Rdv Sensitivity, Viral Replication +15

The hyper-transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant exhibits significant antigenic change, vaccine escape and a switch in cell entry mechanism

Brian J. Willett, Joe Grove, Oscar A. MacLean et al. · 2022 · 144 citations · Full text

Vaccination, Spike Protein, Vaccine Development +14