Uncovering a secret room that a giant virus creates inside its host amoeba

A virus relies on the host's translation machinery to replicate itself and become infectious. Translation efficiency ...
Nature

Comparative study of codon substitution patterns in foot-and-mouth disease virus (serotype O)

We compared genetic variations in the VP1 gene of foot-and-mouth disease viruses (FMDVs) isolated since 2000 from various region of the world. We analyzed relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) and ...
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Estimating maximal microbial growth rates from cultures, metagenomes, and single cells via codon usage patterns

Maximal growth rate is a basic parameter of microbial lifestyle that varies over several orders of magnitude, with doubling times ranging from a matter of minutes to multiple days. Growth rates are ...
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Deep learning–based codon optimization framework boosts protein expression in E coli

By combining Transformer-based sequence modeling with a novel conditional probability strategy, the approach overcomes ...
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The secret room a giant virus creates inside its host amoeba

A virus relies on the host's translation machinery to replicate itself and become infectious. Translation efficiency ...