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Table 4 Codon usage differences between 49 MOCV-1 genes that are conserved in all poxviruses and 50 human genes.

From: Host-derived pathogenicity islands in poxviruses

Amino Acid

Fraction of codons with different usage

Codons that have statistically different usage*

Phe

2/2

UUU, UUC

Tyr

2/2

UAU, UAC

His

2/2

CAU, CAC

Gln

2/2

CAA, CAG

Asn

2/2

AAU, AAC

Lys

2/2

AAA, AAG

Asp

2/2

GAU, GAC

Glu

2/2

GAA, GAG

Cys

2/2

UGU, GUC

Leu

6/6

UUA, UUG, CUU, CUC, CUA, CUG

Ile

3/3

AUU, AUC, AUA

Val

3/4

GUU, CUA, GUG

Ser

5/6

USU, UCA, UCG, AGU, AGC

Pro

4/4

CCU, CCC, CCA, CCG

Thr

3/4

ACU, ACA, ACG

Ala

3/4

GCU, CGA, GCG

Arg

6/6

CGU, CGC, CGA, CGG, AGA, AGG

Gly

3/4

GGU, GGC, GGA

Stop

2/3

UAG, UGA

  1. *Codon usage was considered different if p-value < 0.05