This paper demonstrates codon compression of the Chlamydomonas chloroplast genome to 51 codons without affecting chloroplast function or photosynthetic growth.

3 citations

statistical model

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintJan 4, 2022

Thiamine metabolism genes in diatoms are not regulated by thiamine despite the presence of predicted riboswitches

Marcel Llavero Pasquina, Katrin Geisler, Andre Holzer…·Alison Gail Smith

The paper investigates whether predicted TPP riboswitches in diatoms regulate thiamine metabolism genes, finding they are not responsive to thiamine or its precursor.

DOI 10.1101/2022.01.04.474978

experimental assay

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Synthetic BiologyLifePeer-reviewedSep 14, 2021

Exploring the impact of terminators on transgene expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with a synthetic biology approach

Katrin Geisler, Mark A. Scaife, Paweł M. Mordaka…·Alison Gail Smith

The paper tests different terminator elements in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to identify those that maximize transgene expression using a standardized synthetic biology approach.

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C. elegansexperimental assay

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