| Recurrent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 spike deletion H69/V70 and its role in the Alpha variant B. 1.1. 7 B Meng, SA Kemp, G Papa, R Datir, IATM Ferreira, S Marelli, WT Harvey, ... Cell reports 35 (13), 2021 | 743* | 2021 |
| Circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike N439K variants maintain fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity EC Thomson, LE Rosen, JG Shepherd, R Spreafico, A da Silva Filipe, ... Cell 184 (5), 1171-1187. e20, 2021 | 646* | 2021 |
| Natural selection in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in bats created a generalist virus and highly capable human pathogen OA MacLean, S Lytras, S Weaver, JB Singer, MF Boni, P Lemey, ... PLoS biology 19 (3), e3001115, 2021 | 228* | 2021 |
| Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 XBB variant derived from recombination of two Omicron subvariants T Tamura, J Ito, K Uriu, J Zahradnik, I Kida, Y Anraku, H Nasser, M Shofa, ... Nature communications 14 (1), 2800, 2023 | 164 | 2023 |
| Exploring the natural origins of SARS-CoV-2 in the light of recombination S Lytras, J Hughes, D Martin, P Swanepoel, A de Klerk, R Lourens, ... Genome Biology and Evolution 14 (2), evac018, 2022 | 141 | 2022 |
| A prenylated dsRNA sensor protects against severe COVID-19 A Wickenhagen, E Sugrue, S Lytras, S Kuchi, M Noerenberg, ML Turnbull, ... Science 374 (6567), eabj3624, 2021 | 141 | 2021 |
| The animal origin of SARS-CoV-2 S Lytras, W Xia, J Hughes, X Jiang, DL Robertson Science 373 (6558), 968-970, 2021 | 126 | 2021 |
| Selection analysis identifies clusters of unusual mutational changes in Omicron lineage BA. 1 that likely impact Spike function DP Martin, S Lytras, AG Lucaci, W Maier, B Grüning, SD Shank, S Weaver, ... Molecular Biology and Evolution 39 (4), msac061, 2022 | 100* | 2022 |
| Convergent evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants leading to the emergence of BQ. 1.1 variant J Ito, R Suzuki, K Uriu, Y Itakura, J Zahradnik, KT Kimura, S Deguchi, ... Nature communications 14 (1), 2671, 2023 | 70 | 2023 |
| No evidence of SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcription and integration as the origin of chimeric transcripts in patient tissues R Parry, RJ Gifford, S Lytras, SC Ray, LJM Coin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (33), e2109066118, 2021 | 35 | 2021 |
| BTN3A3 evasion promotes the zoonotic potential of influenza A viruses RM Pinto, S Bakshi, S Lytras, MK Zakaria, S Swingler, JC Worrell, ... Nature 619 (7969), 338-347, 2023 | 32* | 2023 |
| Viral CpG deficiency provides no evidence that dogs were intermediate hosts for SARS-CoV-2 DD Pollock, TA Castoe, BW Perry, S Lytras, KJ Wade, DL Robertson, ... Molecular biology and evolution 37 (9), 2706-2710, 2020 | 24 | 2020 |
| Evolutionary remodelling of N‐terminal domain loops fine‐tunes SARS‐CoV‐2 spike D Cantoni, MJ Murray, MD Kalemera, SJ Dicken, L Stejskal, G Brown, ... EMBO reports 23 (10), e54322, 2022 | 22 | 2022 |
| Conserved recombination patterns across coronavirus subgenera A de Klerk, P Swanepoel, R Lourens, M Zondo, I Abodunran, S Lytras, ... Virus Evolution 8 (2), veac054, 2022 | 16 | 2022 |
| Synonymous dinucleotide usage: a codon-aware metric for quantifying dinucleotide representation in viruses S Lytras, J Hughes Viruses 12 (4), 462, 2020 | 15 | 2020 |
| Ancient evolution of hepadnaviral paleoviruses and their impact on host genomes S Lytras, G Arriagada, RJ Gifford Virus Evolution 7 (1), veab012, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Analysis of antibody neutralisation activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants and seasonal Human Coronaviruses NL63, HKU1, and 229E induced by three different COVID-19 vaccine platforms D Cantoni, G Siracusano, M Mayora-Neto, C Pastori, T Fantoni, S Lytras, ... Vaccines 11 (1), 58, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
| The Sarbecovirus origin of SARS-CoV-2’s furin cleavage site S Lytras, OA MacLean, DL Robertson Virological https://virological. org/t/the-sarbecovirus-origin-of-sars-cov-2 …, 2020 | 5 | 2020 |
| The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 JE Pekar, S Lytras, M Ghafari, AF Magee, E Parker, JL Havens, ... bioRxiv, 2023 | 3* | 2023 |
| Mapping glycoprotein structure reveals defining events in the evolution of the Flaviviridae JCO Mifsud, S Lytras, MR Oliver, K Toon, VA Costa, EC Holmes, J Grove bioRxiv, 2024.02. 06.579159, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
David L RobertsonProfessor, CVR Bioinformatics, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus ResearchVerified email at glasgow.ac.uk
