Pectin acetylesterase 8 influences pectin acetylation in the seed coat, seed imbibition, and dormancy in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by Jeffrey P. Palmer, Aga Pajak, Blake Robson, BaiLing Zhang, Jaya Joshi, Marwan Diapari, K. Peter Pauls, Frédéric Marsolais

“…Genomic sequence data identified a non‐functional allele, due to a five‐base pair insertion resulting in a frameshift and premature stop codon. The non‐functional pae8 allele was associated with a lack of detectable protein as determined by Western blot. …”
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Viral proteogenomic and expression profiling during productive replication of a skin-tropic herpesvirus in the natural host. by Jeremy D Volkening, Stephen J Spatz, Nagendraprabhu Ponnuraj, Haji Akbar, Justine V Arrington, Widaliz Vega-Rodriguez, Keith W Jarosinski

“…We identified peptides representing alternative start codon usage in several genes and putative novel microORFs at the 5' ends of two core herpesviral genes, pUL47 and ICP4, along with strong evidence of independent transcription and translation of the capsid scaffold protein pUL26.5. …”
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Engineered Streptomyces lividans Strains for Optimal Identification and Expression of Cryptic Biosynthetic Gene Clusters by Qinying Peng, Guixi Gao, Jin Lü, Qingshan Long, Xuefei Chen, Fei Zhang, Min Xu, Kai Liu, Yemin Wang, Zixin Deng, Zhiyong Li, Meifeng Tao

“…To improve the heterologous expression of BGCs, herein we optimized S. lividans strain SBT5 via the stepwise integration of three global regulatory genes and two codon-optimized multi-drug efflux pump genes and deletion of a negative regulatory gene, yielding four engineered strains. …”
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RSV Vaccine Based on Rhabdoviral Vector Protects after Single Immunization by Sarah Wilmschen, Sabrina Schneider, Felix Peters, Lea Bayer, Leila Issmail, Zoltán Bánki, Thomas Grunwald, Dorothee von Laer, Janine Kimpel

“…Wild-type F (F_wt) or a codon optimized version (F_syn) were introduced at position 5 into the VSV-GP genome. …”
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Comparison evaluation between gene Xpert Mtb/Rif and multiplex PCR for rapid diagnosis of mycobacterium tuberculosis by Saira Salim, Wajid Hussain, Gohar Zaman, Umer Khurshid, Luqman Satti

“…Multiplex PCR detected only 44 RIF culture resistant, while remaining 40 did not showed resistance to rpoB gene codon 531 region. Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV and NPV of Gene Xpert MTB/RIF were 100% each respectively. …”
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PoSE: visualization of patterns of sequence evolution using PAML and MATLAB by Kun Zhao, Elizabeth Henderson, Kelley Bullard, M. Steven Oberste, Cara C. Burns, Jaume Jorba

“…Substitutions are displayed by category (transitions and transversions), codon position, and phenotypic effect (synonymous and nonsynonymous). …”
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Complete mitochondrial genome of Rectoris luxiensis (Teleostei, Cyprinidae): characterisation and phylogenetic implications by Mingyao Zhang, Qiang Zhou, Hongmei Xiang, Jinxiu Wang, Xiangying Lan, Qinghua Luo, Wansheng Jiang

“…All the 13 PCGs were found to start with ATG codons, except for the COXI, in which GTG was the start codon. …”
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Intraoperative Embolization during Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma by Samantha A. Roberts, Divyaam Satija, Henry Gold, Mina S. Makary, Jing G. Wang, Eric A. Singer, Tasha Posid, Nahush A. Mokadam, Shawn Dason

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Expression of Lon-like Protease Gene from Lactobacillus plantarum IIA-1A5 in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) by Olfa Mega, Cece Sumantri, Irma Isnafia Arief, Cahyo Budiman

“…As many as 88% of Lon-like IIA codons were distributed in the 91-100 quality group. …”
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Role of Angular Interface Sign in Characterizing Small Exophytic Renal Masses in Computed Tomography; Prospective Study by Mohamed Sharafeldeen, Mohamed Shaaban, Ahmed Hafez Afif, Mohamed Elsaqa, Nagy Naguib, Sara Elnaggar, Ahmad Beltagy

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Biochemical Atypia in Russian <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> Clinical Isolates Belonging to the G807 NG-MAST Genogroup/ST1594 MLST by Nikita Nosov, Alexey Kubanov, Viktoria Solomka, Dmitry Deryabin

“…Cultures with defective amino acid metabolism had a 5-nucleotide insertion in the <i>pip</i>-gene that caused a stop codon and led to synthesis of the non-functional enzyme. …”
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Genome-wide identification and analysis of B-box zinc finger gene family in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) by Varsha Rani, Rahul Datta, Nada H. Aljarba, Tahani Mohamed Al-Hazani, Sachidanand Singh, R.S. Sengar

“…Results: Considered in the present research work, 21 Sugarcane genes were discovered by comprehensive bioinformatics analysis viz the phylogeny relationships, structures of genes, locations of chromosomes, gene duplication, subcellular localization, homology and codon analysis were analysed. Relying on phylogeny as well as domain constitution analysis, the identified genes must be divided into five clades. …”
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The Barley Chloroplast Mutator (<i>cpm</i>) Mutant: All Roads Lead to the <i>Msh</i>1 Gene by Franco Lencina, Alejandra Landau, Alberto R. Prina

“…A substitution, leading to a premature stop codon and a truncated MSH1 protein, was identified in the <i>Msh</i>1 gene of <i>cpm</i> plants. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes between the B-Type Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Line and Its Maintainer Line in Wheat by Ying Li, Qilu Song, Jialin Guo, Yulong Song, Xinhong Chen, Gaisheng Zhang

“…The B and YS9 genomes were assembled into a typical circular molecule 452,794 and 452,453 bp in length, respectively, comprising 34 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 3 ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs), and 16 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs). The codon usage analysis revealed leucine (Leu) and serine (Ser) as the most frequently used amino acid residues in the B and YS9 mitochondrial proteins. …”
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Engineering styrene biosynthesis: designing a functional trans-cinnamic acid decarboxylase in Pseudomonas by Ana García-Franco, Patricia Godoy, Estrella Duque, Juan L. Ramos

“…These consensus sequences were used to design Pseudomonas codon-optimized genes named psc1 and psd1 and assays were conducted to test the activity in P. putida. …”
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Detection of Mutations in Precore and Basal Core Region in HBeAg Negative Chronic Hepatitis B Patients from Jaipur by Madhavi Vyas , Pratibha Sharma , Himanshu Sharma , Farah Deeba , Bharti Malhotra

“…G1896A, which is the most frequently observed mutation in the PC region, acts by insertion of a premature stop codon in the concerned ORF while the A1762T/G1764A double mutation in the BCP region acts by termination of HBeAg expression. …”
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Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen EBNA-LP is essential for transforming naïve B cells, and facilitates recruitment of transcription factors to the viral genome. by Agnieszka Szymula, Richard D Palermo, Amr Bayoumy, Ian J Groves, Mohammed Ba Abdullah, Beth Holder, Robert E White

“…We generated EBNA-LP knockout (LPKO) EBVs containing a STOP codon within each repeat unit of internal repeat 1 (IR1). …”
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TusDCB, a sulfur transferase complex involved in tRNA modification, contributes to UPEC pathogenicity by Yumika Sato, Ayako Takita, Kazutomo Suzue, Yusuke Hashimoto, Suguru Hiramoto, Masami Murakami, Haruyoshi Tomita, Hidetada Hirakawa

“…Abstract tRNA modifications play a crucial role in ensuring accurate codon recognition and optimizing translation levels. …”
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Improved Production of Recombinant Carboxylesterase FumDM by Co-Expressing Molecular Chaperones in <i>Pichia pastoris</i> by Lixiang Jiang, Xiao Guan, Hujun Liu, Xiaojiao Chang, Jing Sun, Changpo Sun, Chengcheng Zhao

“…In this study, the carboxylesterase FumDM from <i>Sphingopyxis</i> sp. ASAG22 was codon-optimized and co-expressed with five different molecular chaperones (PDI, CPR5, ERO1, HAC1, and Bip) in order to improve the expression level of FumDM in <i>Pichia pastoris</i> (also known as <i>Komagataella phaffii</i>) GS115. …”
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Investigation of the N-terminal coding region of MUC7 alterations in dentistry students with and without caries by Koç Öztürk L, Yarat A, Akyuz S, Furuncuoglu H, Ulucan K

“…We detected one common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that leads to a change of asparagine to lysine at codon 80. This substitution was found in 29.0 and 40.0%, respectively, of the groups with and without caries. …”
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