[HTML][HTML] Till death do us pair: Co-evolution of plant–necrotroph interactions

MC Derbyshire, S Raffaele - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Plants use programmed cell death as a potent defense response against biotrophic
pathogens that require living host cells to thrive. However, cell death can promote infection …

Analysis of synonymous codon usage patterns in mitochondrial genomes of nine Amanita species

Q Li, Y Luo, A Sha, W Xiao, Z Xiong, X Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Codon basis is a common and complex natural phenomenon observed in many
kinds of organisms. Methods In the present study, we analyzed the base bias of 12 …

[PDF][PDF] Codon optimization improves the prediction of xylose metabolism from gene content in budding yeasts

RL Nalabothu, KJ Fisher, AL LaBella… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Xylose is the second most abundant monomeric sugar in plant biomass. Consequently,
xylose catabolism is an ecologically important trait for saprotrophic organisms, as well as a …

Codonbert: Large language models for mrna design and optimization

S Li, S Moayedpour, R Li, M Bailey, S Riahi… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Abstract mRNA based vaccines and therapeutics are gaining popularity and usage across a
wide range of conditions. One of the critical issues when designing such mRNAs is …

Evolution and codon usage bias of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes in Aspergillus section Flavi

M Hugaboom, EA Hatmaker, AL LaBella, A Rokas - G3, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The fungal genus Aspergillus contains a diversity of species divided into taxonomic sections
of closely related species. Section Flavi contains 33 species, many of industrial, agricultural …

The evolution of tRNA copy number and repertoire in cellular life

FB Santos, LE Del-Bem - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
tRNAs are universal decoders that bridge the gap between transcriptome and proteome.
They can also be processed into small RNA fragments with regulatory functions. In this work …

[PDF][PDF] Tempo of degeneration across independently evolved nonrecombining regions

F Carpentier, RC Rodríguez de la Vega… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Recombination is beneficial over the long term, allowing more effective selection. Despite
long-term advantages of recombination, local recombination suppression can evolve and …

CodonBert large language model for mRNA vaccines

S Li, S Moayedpour, R Li, M Bailey, S Riahi… - Genome …, 2024 - genome.cshlp.org
Abstract mRNA-based vaccines and therapeutics are gaining popularity and usage across a
wide range of conditions. One of the critical issues when designing such mRNAs is …

Composition and Codon Usage Pattern Results in Divergence of the Zinc Binuclear Cluster (Zn(II)2Cys6) Sequences among Ascomycetes Plant Pathogenic Fungi

S Bansal, MG Mallikarjuna, A Balamurugan… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zinc binuclear cluster proteins (ZBC; Zn (II) 2Cys6) are unique to the fungi kingdom and
associated with a series of functions, viz., the utilization of macromolecules, stress tolerance …

De Novo Assembly and Characterization of the Transcriptome of an Omnivorous Camel Cricket (Tachycines meditationis)

JH Lu, DL Guan, SQ Xu, H Huang - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tachycines meditationis (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Tachycines) is a widely distributed
insect in eastern Asia. This species is common in urban environments, and its unique …