Overlap** genes in natural and engineered genomes

BW Wright, MP Molloy, PR Jaschke - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Modern genome-scale methods that identify new genes, such as proteogenomics and
ribosome profiling, have revealed, to the surprise of many, that overlap in genes, open …

Human papillomavirus genomics: Understanding carcinogenicity

CW Nelson, L Mirabello - Tumour Virus Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes virtually all cervical cancers and many cancers at other
anatomical sites in both men and women. However, only 12 of 448 known HPV types are …

Dynamically evolving novel overlap** gene as a factor in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

CW Nelson, Z Ardern, TL Goldberg, C Meng, CH Kuo… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Understanding the emergence of novel viruses requires an accurate and comprehensive
annotation of their genomes. Overlap** genes (OLGs) are common in viruses and have …

Transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 within-host diversity in two major hospital outbreaks in South Africa

JE San, S Ngcapu, AM Kanzi, H Tegally… - Virus …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes acute, highly
transmissible respiratory infection in humans and a wide range of animal species. Its rapid …

Origin, evolution and stability of overlap** genes in viruses: a systematic review

A Pavesi - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
During their long evolutionary history viruses generated many proteins de novo by a
mechanism called “overprinting”. Overprinting is a process in which critical nucleotide …

Are antisense proteins in prokaryotes functional?

Z Ardern, K Neuhaus, S Scherer - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Many prokaryotic RNAs are transcribed from loci outside of annotated protein coding genes.
Across bacterial species hundreds of short open reading frames antisense to annotated …

HIV-1 natural antisense transcription and its role in viral persistence

R Li, R Sklutuis, JL Groebner, F Romerio - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Natural antisense transcripts (NATs) represent a class of RNA molecules that are
transcribed from the opposite strand of a protein-coding gene, and that have the ability to …

Joint host-pathogen genomic analysis identifies hepatitis B virus mutations associated with human NTCP and HLA class I variation

ZM Xu, GE Gnouamozi, S Rüeger, PR Shea… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
Evolutionary changes in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome could reflect its adaptation to
host-induced selective pressure. Leveraging paired human exome and ultra-deep HBV …

Spotlight on alternative frame coding: Two long overlap** genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa are translated and under purifying selection

M Kreitmeier, Z Ardern, M Abele, C Ludwig, S Scherer… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
The existence of overlap** genes (OLGs) with significant coding overlaps revolutionizes
our understanding of genomic complexity. We report two exceptionally long (957 nt and …

The HIV-1 antisense gene ASP: the new kid on the block

Z Gholizadeh, MS Iqbal, R Li, F Romerio - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Viruses have developed incredibly creative ways of making a virtue out of necessity,
including taking full advantage of their small genomes. Indeed, viruses often encode …