Method: The SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan-1
spike, cloned into pCDNA3.1, was mutated using the QuikChange Lightning Site-Directed Mutagenesis kit (Agilent Technologies) and NEBuilder HiFi DNA Assembly Master Mix (NEB) to include
D614G (wild-type) or lineage defining mutations for Beta (
L18F,
D80A,
D215G, 241-243del,
K417N,
E484K,
N501Y,
D614G and
A701V), Delta (
T19R, 156-157del,
R158G,
L452R,
T478K,
D614G,
P681R and
D950N