2013
Epidemiological mechanisms of genetic resistance to kuru
Atkins KE, Townsend JP, Medlock J, Galvani AP. Epidemiological mechanisms of genetic resistance to kuru. Journal Of The Royal Society Interface 2013, 10: 20130331. PMID: 23740487, PMCID: PMC4043168, DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0331.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransmissible spongiform encephalopathiesGenotype frequency dataPopulation geneticsProtein geneGenetic resistanceEpidemiological mechanismsPrion protein geneMechanistic basisPrion proteinHost resistanceFatal neurodegenerative conditionHuman populationHuman resistancePapua New GuineaNew GuineaSpongiform encephalopathiesIncubation periodCodon 129Neurodegenerative conditionsIncidence dataReduced susceptibilityLong incubation periodKuruGenesMechanism
2012
Codon Deviation Coefficient: a novel measure for estimating codon usage bias and its statistical significance
Zhang Z, Li J, Cui P, Ding F, Li A, Townsend JP, Yu J. Codon Deviation Coefficient: a novel measure for estimating codon usage bias and its statistical significance. BMC Bioinformatics 2012, 13: 43. PMID: 22435713, PMCID: PMC3368730, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-43.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCodon usage biasNucleotide compositionUsage biasGenome evolutionGene functionProtein functionCodon usageNatural selectionCodon positionsTranslational efficiencySelective pressureSequence compositionGene expressionSequence analysisSimulated sequencesSequenceGenomeGenesFundamental importanceMutationsInformative estimationExpression