Codon usage bias: an endless tale

A Iriarte, G Lamolle, H Musto - Journal of molecular evolution, 2021 - Springer
Since the genetic code is degenerate, several codons are translated to the same amino
acid. Although these triplets were historically considered to be “synonymous” and therefore …

The ecology and adaptive evolution of influenza A interspecies transmission

U Joseph, YCF Su, D Vijaykrishna… - Influenza and other …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Since 2013, there have been several alarming influenza‐related events; the spread of highly
pathogenic avian influenza H5 viruses into North America, the detection of H10N8 and …

Plasma cell-free RNA characteristics in COVID-19 patients

Y Wang, J Li, L Zhang, HX Sun, Z Zhang, J Xu… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
The pathogenesis of COVID-19 is still elusive, which impedes disease progression
prediction, differential diagnosis, and targeted therapy. Plasma cell-free RNAs (cfRNAs) …

Deep mutational scanning reveals the functional constraints and evolutionary potential of the influenza A virus PB1 protein

Y Li, S Arcos, KR Sabsay, AJW Te Velthuis… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The influenza virus polymerase is central to influenza virus evolution. Adaptive mutations
within the polymerase are often a prerequisite for efficient spread of novel animal-derived …

Revelation of influencing factors in overall codon usage bias of equine influenza viruses

N Kumar, BC Bera, BD Greenbaum, S Bhatia, R Sood… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Equine influenza viruses (EIVs) of H3N8 subtype are culprits of severe acute respiratory
infections in horses, and are still responsible for significant outbreaks worldwide …

Novel approaches for the development of live attenuated influenza vaccines

P Blanco-Lobo, A Nogales, L Rodríguez… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Influenza virus still represents a considerable threat to global public health, despite the
advances in the development and wide use of influenza vaccines. Vaccination with …

Insights into the genetic and host adaptability of emerging porcine circovirus 3

G Li, H Wang, S Wang, G Xing, C Zhang, W Zhang… - Virulence, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Porcine circovirus 3 (PCV3) was found to be associated with reproductive
disease in pigs, and since its first identification in the United States, it subsequently spread …

Genetic and codon usage bias analyses of polymerase genes of equine influenza virus and its relation to evolution

BC Bera, N Virmani, N Kumar, T Anand, S Pavulraj… - BMC genomics, 2017 - Springer
Background Equine influenza is a major health problem of equines worldwide. The
polymerase genes of influenza virus have key roles in virus replication, transcription …

Contribution of RNA-RNA interactions mediated by the genome packaging signals for the selective genome packaging of influenza A virus

S Miyamoto, Y Muramoto, K Shindo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The influenza A virus genome is composed of eight single-stranded negative-sense viral
RNA segments (vRNAs). The eight vRNAs are selectively packaged into each progeny …

A synthetic biology approach for vaccine candidate design against delta strain of SARS-CoV-2 revealed disruption of favored codon pair as a better strategy over …

P Gurjar, N Karuvantevida, IV Rzhepakovsky, AA Khan… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The SARS-CoV-2 delta variant (B. 1.617. 2) appeared for the first time in December 2020
and later spread worldwide. Currently available vaccines are not so efficacious in curbing …