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June 23, 2021The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Allosteric Cross-Talk among Spike’s Receptor-Binding Domain Mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 South African Variant Triggers an Effective Hijacking of Human Cell Receptor

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ASAngelo SpinelloScuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi AvanzatiASAndrea SaltalamacchiaBiobyte Solutions (Germany)JBJure BorišekNational Institute of Chemistry

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa926ae891b7ede700c05cahttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01415
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