A cluster of acidic residues in the cytoplasmic domain of SARS-CoV-2 Spike is required for virion-incorporation and infectivity

• Charlotte A. Stoneham ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cstoneham@health.ucsd.edu (CAS); jguatelli@health.ucsd.edu (JG)

  Affiliations VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3729-6936

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• Rajendra Singh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Amalia De Leon,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Petra Tafelmeyer,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hybrigenics Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Francisco Acosta,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

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• Angus Fuori,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

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• Michael Anderson,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing, Investigation

  Current address: Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

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• Peter W. Ramirez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

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• Hannah S. Schwartzer-Sperber,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Institute for the Research on HIV and AIDS-associated Diseases, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

  Affiliation Vitalant Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Satish Pillai,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vitalant Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Mary K. Lewinski,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3784-9660

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• John Guatelli

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cstoneham@health.ucsd.edu (CAS); jguatelli@health.ucsd.edu (JG)

  Affiliations VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6263-1567

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