The complete mitochondrial genome of a Chinese endemic species, Paraprenanthes diversifolia (Vaniot) N. Kilian (Cichorieae; Asteraceae) by Shuoming Fu, Ran Chu, Xin Xu, Haoyuan Chen, Yuhua Shi, Shixin Zhu, Zhen Wei

“…The full length of the mt genome is 360,751 bp, containing 73 genes (33 protein-coding genes, 29 tRNA genes, 6 rRNA genes, and 5 protein-coding genes containing internal stop codons). There are two pairs of long (over 1000 bp) repeat regions in the mt genome of P. diversifolia. …”
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Barbatula nuda and B. toni (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) by Yinpen Yang, Hao Chen, Yongxia Chen

“…All PCGs of the two species are initiated with ATG or GTG (only for COI) and ended with complete (TAA and TAG) or incomplete (TA and T) stop codons. The complete mitochondrial genomes would provide important molecular data for further phylogenetic analyses.…”
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Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of longneck croaker Pseudotolithus typus (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) by Jong-Oh Kim, Yong Bae Seo, Jiyoung Shin, Ji-Young Yang, Gun-Do Kim

“…The 16,502 nucleotides of assembled mitogenome has 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and the 1 putative control region. Incomplete stop codons were found in seven genes (ND2, ND3, ND4, COII, COIII, CytB, ATPase6). …”
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Una fuente ignorada de ca. 750 sobre la prohibición de las imágenes por los califas ‘Umar (717-720) y Yazīd II (720-723) by Juan Signes Codoñer

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Characterization of the chloroplast genome of Gleditsia species and comparative analysis by Feng Xiao, Yang Zhao, Xiurong Wang, Xueyan Jian

“…The Gleditsia chloroplast genome prefer T/A-ending codons and avoid C/G-ending codons, positive selection was acting on the rpoA, rpl20, atpB, ndhA and ycf4 genes, most of the chloroplast genes of Gleditsia species underwent purifying selection. …”
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95233 Analysis of 5'UTR Variation in Rare Disease Patients Reveals Variants of Potential Disease Relevance by Bradley Bowles, Karl Clark, Eric Klee

“…RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Our pipeline identified a median of 21 variants per patient that were predicted to have a deleterious impact on the translational efficiency of protein coding transcripts, primarily by introducing new start codons within the 5’UTR or by altering the Kozak consensus of existing start codons. …”
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Increase in the prevalence of mutations associated with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates collected from early to late pregnancy in Nanoro, Bur... by Ruizendaal, E, Tahita, M, Geskus, R, Versteeg, I, Scott, S, d'Alessandro, U, Lompo, P, Derra, K, Traore-Coulibaly, M, de Jong, M, Schallig, H, Tinto, H, Mens, P

“…Combinations of point mutations in the dhps (codons A437, K540) and dhfr genes (codons N51, C59, S108) of P. falciparum are associated with SP resistance. …”

The mitochondrial genome of Cavia aperea by Azizia Wahedi, Anja Günther, Alexandra Weyrich, Neal Sondheimer

“…The previously published mitochondrial sequence for C. aperea was highly divergent from the C. porcellus sequence and contained stop codons within open reading frames. Here we resequenced the mitochondrial genomes of C. aperea and C. porcellus. …”
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Complete mitochondrial genome of Urocissa erythroryncha (Passeriformes: Corvidae) by Ruihua Liu, Renrui Chen, Jie Liu, Yonghong Xiong, Xianzhao Kan

“…All of the PCGs initiated with ATG, except for MT-COX1 which began with GTG and MT-ND3 began with ATA, while stopped by three types of stop codons. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Urocissa erythroryncha and the other species of Corvidae were monophyletic group in this study. …”
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A novel reiterated family of transcribed oligo(A)-terminated, interspersed DNA elements in the genome of Trypanosoma cruzi by Newton Valério Verbisck, Márcia Regina Machado dos Santos, David M Engman, Miguel Angel Chiurillo, José Luis Ramirez, Jorge Enrique Araya, Renato Arruda Mortara, José Franco da Silveira

“…The presence of frame shifts or premature stop codons predicts that transcripts are not translated. …”
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the hydrothermal vent barnacle Eochionelasmus ohtai (Cirripedia, Thoracica) by Se-Joo Kim, Won-Kyung Lee, Ryeo-Ok Kim, Se-Jong Ju

“…Its protein-coding genes (PCGs) were very similar in terms of length, AT content, and start and stop codons to those of other thoracican species. The phylogenetic tree constructed with 13 PCGs divided balanomorph barnacles, including E. ohtai, into two clades. …”
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Absence of mutations associated with resistance to benzimidazole in the beta-tubulin gene of Ascaris suum by Adalid Palma, Gabriela Matamoros, Denis Escobar, Ana Lourdes Sánchez, Gustavo Fontecha

“…RESULTS: All parasites showed the wildtype genotype for codons 167, 198, and 200 of the β-tubulin gene. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first report of genetic sequences associated with benzimidazole resistance in A. suum.…”
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Hacia un inventario de las obras de Focio by Juan Signes Codoñer

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Cysteine mutagenesis improves the production without abrogating antigenicity of a recombinant protein vaccine candidate for human chagas disease by Christopher A. Seid, Kathryn M. Jones, Jeroen Pollet, Brian Keegan, Elissa Hudspeth, Molly Hammond, Junfei Wei, C. Patrick McAtee, Leroy Versteeg, Amanda Gutierrez, Zhuyun Liu, Bin Zhan, Jonathan L. Respress, Ulrich Strych, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Peter J. Hotez

“…To prevent protein aggregation, cysteine codons were replaced with serine codons which resulted in the production of a non-aggregated and soluble recombinant protein, Tc24-C4. …”
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Molecular landscape and clinical significance of exon 11 mutations in KIT gene among patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a retrospective exploratory study by Ruihua Zhao, Tianqi An, Min Liu, Yanan Zhou, Rui Li, Guozhong Jiang, Jing Li, Xinguang Cao, Hong Zong

“…Point mutations and deletions frequently occurred in sequence region codons 550-560 of exon 11, while compound mutations, insertion, and tandem duplication were mainly detected in codons 557-559, 572-580, and 577-581, respectively. …”
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A New IL6 Isoform in Chinese Soft-Shelled Turtle (<i>Pelodiscus sinesis</i>) Discovered: Its Regulation during Cold Stress and Infection by Zuobing Zhang, Miao Tian, Ruxin Song, Xiao Xing, Yong Fan, Lan Wang, Cuijuan Niu, Roy A. Dalmo

“…Gene characterization revealed that <i>psIL6ns</i>, a splicer without codons encoding a signal peptide and identical to the one predicted from genomic sequence, and <i>psIL6</i>, a splicer with codons encoding a signal peptide, were both present. …”
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Anas crecca (Anseriformes: Anatidae) by Qin Zhang, Ying Wang, Renrui Chen, Birong Liu, Xianzhao Kan

“…Four types of termination codons were identified. Phylogenetic analysis shows that A. crecca clustered with Anas acuta, and the monophyly of the genera Anser, Cygnus, Aythya, and Anas was strongly supported. …”
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Next generation sequencing yields the complete mitochondrial genome of Notonecta montandoni Motschulsky (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) by Min Li, Fang Wang, Rongrong Li, Chenjing Zhao, Hufang Zhang

“…All protein-coding genes started with ATN codons except for COI (TTG) and ended with TAA or TAG except for COII (T), COIII (T), ATP6 (T), and ND3 (T). …”
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The mitochondrial genome of the Jeju ground beetle Carabus smaragdinus monilifer (Coleoptera, Carabidae) by Dae-Ju Oh, Kyoung-Sik Yang, Yong-Hwan Jung

“…The order, encoding direction, and the initiation and termination codons of the 37 genes of C. smaragdinus monilifer were identical to those of other species in the family Carabidae. …”
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the Epaulette Shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788) by Ryan J. Nevatte, Jennalee A. Clark, Jane E. Williamson, Michael R. Gillings

“…Several protein-coding genes ended with incomplete stop codons (TA- or T–). Phylogenetic analysis indicated that H. ocellatum clusters within the Hemiscylliidae clade but separately from members of its sister genus Chiloscyllium. …”
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