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2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 1185-1193
Author(s):  
Laura DeFrancesco
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mBio ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Gonçalves-Carneiro ◽  
Paul D. Bieniasz

ABSTRACT The development of safe and effective vaccines against viruses is central to disease control. With advancements in DNA synthesis technology, the production of synthetic viral genomes has fueled many research efforts that aim to generate attenuated viruses by introducing synonymous mutations. Elucidation of the mechanisms underlying virus attenuation through synonymous mutagenesis is revealing interesting new biology that can be exploited for vaccine development. Here, we review recent advancements in this field of synthetic virology and focus on the molecular mechanisms of attenuation by genetic recoding of viruses. We highlight the action of the zinc finger antiviral protein (ZAP) and RNase L, two proteins involved in the inhibition of viruses enriched for CpG and UpA dinucleotides, that are often the products of virus recoding algorithms. Additionally, we discuss current challenges in the field as well as studies that may illuminate how other host functions, such as translation, are potentially involved in the attenuation of recoded viruses.



2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. a038703
Author(s):  
Benjamin R. tenOever
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Author(s):  
Maria Yanqing Chen ◽  
Susan S. Butler ◽  
Weitong Chen ◽  
Junghae Suh


2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 548-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin M. Guenther ◽  
Brianna E. Kuypers ◽  
Michael T. Lam ◽  
Tawana M. Robinson ◽  
Julia Zhao ◽  
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