[HTML][HTML] Mosquito-associated viruses in China

H Xia, Y Wang, E Atoni, B Zhang, Z Yuan - Virologica Sinica, 2018 - Springer
Mosquitoes are classified into approximately 3500 species and further grouped into 41
genera. Epidemiologically, they are considered to be among the most important disease …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical sequencing uncovers origins and evolution of Lassa virus

KG Andersen, BJ Shapiro, CB Matranga, R Sealfon… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Summary The 2013–2015 West African epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) reminds us
of how little is known about biosafety level 4 viruses. Like Ebola virus, Lassa virus (LASV) …

Compositional biases in RNA viruses: Causes, consequences and applications

ER Gaunt, P Digard - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
If each of the four nucleotides were represented equally in the genomes of viruses and the
hosts they infect, each base would occur at a frequency of 25%. However, this is not …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of Nipah virus codon usage and adaptation to hosts

R Khandia, S Singhal, U Kumar, A Ansari… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
A recent outbreak of Nipah virus (NiV) in India has caused 17 deaths in people living in
districts of Kerala state. Its zoonotic nature, as well as high rate of human-to-human …

Evolution of codon usage in Zika virus genomes is host and vector specific

AM Butt, I Nasrullah, R Qamar… - Emerging microbes & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The codon usage patterns of viruses reflect the evolutionary changes that allow them to
optimize their survival and adapt their fitness to the external environment and, most …

Analysis of codon usage bias of chloroplast genes in Oryza species: Codon usage of chloroplast genes in Oryza species

S Chakraborty, S Yengkhom, A Uddin - Planta, 2020 - Springer
Main conclusion The codon usage bias in chloroplast genes of Oryza species was low and
AT rich. The pattern of codon usage was different among Oryza species and mainly …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic analysis of codon usage shows influence of mutation pressure, natural selection, and host features on Marburg virus evolution

I Nasrullah, AM Butt, S Tahir, M Idrees, Y Tong - BMC evolutionary biology, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The Marburg virus (MARV) has a negative-sense single-stranded RNA
genome, belongs to the family Filoviridae, and is responsible for several outbreaks of highly …

Codon usage analysis of pro-apoptotic bim gene isoforms

R Khandia, A Ali Khan, A Alexiou… - Journal of …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Background: Bim is a Bcl-2 homology 3 (BH3)-only proteins, a group of pro-apoptotic
proteins involved in physiological and pathological conditions. Both the overexpression and …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Codon usage provides insights into the adaptive evolution of mycoviruses in their associated fungi host

Q Wang, X Lyu, J Cheng, Y Fu, Y Lin… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Codon usage bias (CUB) could reflect co-evolutionary changes between viruses and hosts
in contrast to plant and animal viruses, and the systematic analysis of codon usage among …