Double and triple mutants of coronavirus one and the same; vaccines effective on it: Scientist
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Last Updated: Apr 23, 2021, 06:02 PM IST
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These variants harbour 15 lineage defining mutations. B.1.617, initially termed double mutant, has three new spike protein mutations. Two mutations E484Q and L452R are in the area important for antibody-based neutralisation.
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The double and triple mutant strains detected in India are one and the same variant of the coronavirus, and the available vaccines are effective on it, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics Director Soumitra Das said on Friday. Speaking at a webinar on Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-19 , Das said double mutant and triple mutant terms are colloquial and both refer to the same variant B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus.