Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39333857›Full record

ArticleBMC bioinformatics2024

GenRCA: a user-friendly rare codon analysis tool for comprehensive evaluation of codon usage preferences based on coding sequences in genomes.

Kunjie Fan, Yuanyuan Li, Zhiwei Chen, Long Fan

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Transgene sequence codon optimization and composition determines replication competence of self-amplifying RNA.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
    Article
  2. AssessingJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Pichia-CLM: A language model-based codon optimization pipeline forProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Codon Usage Bias of the Polyphenol Oxidase Genes inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kunjie Fan *Production and R&D Center I of LSS, GenScript (Shanghai) Biotech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China.
Yuanyuan Li *Production and R&D Center I of LSS, GenScript Biotech Corporation, Nanjing, China.
Zhiwei Chen *Production and R&D Center I of LSS, GenScript Biotech Corporation, Nanjing, China.
Long FanProduction and R&D Center I of LSS, GenScript (Shanghai) Biotech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China. leo.fan@genscript.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe study of codon usage bias is important for understanding gene expression, evolution and gene design, providing critical insights into the molecular processes that govern the function and regulation of genes. Codon Usage Bias (CUB) indices are valuable metrics for understanding codon usage patterns across different organisms without extensive experiments. Considering that there is no one-fits-all index for all species, a comprehensive platform supporting the calculation and analysis of multiple CUB indices for codon optimization is greatly needed.

resultsHere, we release GenRCA, an updated version of our previous Rare Codon Analysis Tool, as a free and user-friendly website for all-inclusive evaluation of codon usage preferences of coding sequences. In this study, we manually reviewed and implemented up to 31 codon preference indices, with 65 expression host organisms covered and batch processing of multiple gene sequences supported, aiming to improve the user experience and provide more comprehensive and efficient analysis.

conclusionsOur website fills a gap in the availability of comprehensive tools for species-specific CUB calculations, enabling researchers to thoroughly assess the protein expression level based on a comprehensive list of 31 indices and further guide the codon optimization.

Indexed as

Codon UsageSoftwareCodonGenomeCodonCodon usageGene designProtein expressionRare codon analysis

Identifiers

PMID39333857
PMCPMC11438159

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.