Dengue virus preferentially uses human and mosquito non-optimal codons
Luciana Andrea Castellano, Ryan J McNamara, Horacio M. Pallarés, Andrea Vanesa Gamarnik, Diego Ezequiel Alvarez, Ariel Bazzini
This study shows that dengue virus uses non-optimal codons in both human and mosquito cells, enhancing its fitness and suggesting synonymous codon choice is critical in host-pathogen interactions.
Molecular Systems Biology · Jul 22, 2024Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology