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RandomLensmantoday at 12:36 PM1 replyview on HN

How would you address the non-interchangeable nature of synonymous codons? Do we know the right replacements?


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kanzuretoday at 12:41 PM

Well, first, I would have to check and see if the synoynmous codons are important for virus reproduction. Second, this technique requires (AFAIK) lots of cell line viability testing and lots of tweaking. I don't think it's as simple as code swapping all the codons and then all the biology magically works the right way, biology is rarely that simple. Requires effort.

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