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Caroline West

University of North Carolina at CharlotteORCID 0000-0001-8578-5174Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Organism:fungi (other)· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:matrix factorization· 1 Organism:yeast· 1

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BioinformaticsG3 Genes Genomes GeneticsPeer-reviewedJul 13, 2026

Genes near tRNAs are enriched in translational machinery

Caroline West, Lauren Dineen, Abigail Leavitt LaBella

The paper identifies genes near tRNAs in fungal genomes that are enriched in proteasome regulation, ion transport, and rRNA, suggesting local co-regulation of protein synthesis and quality control.

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fungi (other)statistical model

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GenomicsGenome Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewedNov 28, 2025

Comparative genomics reveals multipartite genomes undergoing loss in the fungal endosymbiotic genus Mycetohabitans

Bhuwan Abbot, Sara Field, Lauren Carneal…·Morgan Carter

The paper analyzes the genomes of Mycetohabitans species to reveal evolutionary trends in endofungal bacteria, showing genome reduction, multipartite structure, and dynamic genetic elements.

3 citations

fungi (other)whole-genome sequencing

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GenomicsG3 Genes Genomes GeneticsPeer-reviewedAug 12, 2025

Genomic factors limiting the diversity of Saccharomycotina plant pathogens

Sun Young Lee, Caroline West, Dana A. Opulente…·Abigail Leavitt LaBella

The paper identifies genomic factors limiting Saccharomycotina fungi's ability to infect plants, finding they lack metabolic enzymes used by other phytopathogens.

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yeastwhole-genome sequencing

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