Splice-Aware Optimization Prevents Pervasive Missplicing of Natural and Synthetic cDNAs
Mohd Ahmad, Fernando Bellido Molías, Laura Cano-Aroca, Christine Mordstein, Samir F. Watson, Nabid Bhuiyan, Marguerite J. Clarke, Chava Kimchi‐Sarfaty, Upendra Katneni, Eleanor R. Gaunt, Laurence D. Hurst, Nikolai Netuschil, Thomas Hofmeister, Michael A. Liss, Grzegorz R. Kudla
The paper identifies missplicing as a common issue in heterologous gene expression and develops a splice-aware optimization algorithm to improve transgene performance.
bioRxiv · May 25, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology