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Location of amino acid substitutions on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. A mutation in the amino acid Gly614 was the result of one protein, aspartic acid (D), mutating to glycine (G) (purple cell), which may have driven COVID-19's transmissibility rates as it surged through Houston in mid-May.

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Image by Jason McLellan, University of Texas, Austin. Used by permission of mBio, from the article

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Image by Jason McLellan, University of Texas, Austin. Used by permission of mBio, from the article "Molecular Architecture of Early Dissemination and Massive Second Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus in a Major Metropolitan Area."

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