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ArticleScience advances2026

A conserved in-frame stop codon acts as a multipotent defense mechanism in alphaviruses.

Tamanash Bhattacharya, Tiia S Freeman, Eva M Alleman, Fang Wang, Lyuba Chechik, Michael Emerman, Kevin M Myles, Harmit S Malik

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Article in Science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Tamanash BhattacharyaBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8129-7568
Tiia S FreemanBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0275-9005
Eva M AllemanBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-6765-9939
Fang WangDepartment of Entomology and AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Lyuba ChechikDepartment of Entomology and AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-4407-6367
Michael EmermanBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4181-6335
Kevin M MylesDepartment of Entomology and AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9820-2502
Harmit S MalikBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6005-0016

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most alphaviruses maintain an in-frame opal stop codon that interrupts their nonstructural polyprotein (nsP) ORF between nsP3 and nsP4 in both vertebrate and insect hosts. We show that the nsP3 opal stop codon confers a replicative advantage to Sindbis virus (SINV) in RNAi-competent

Indexed as

AlphavirusCodon, TerminatorSindbis VirusAedesAnimalsCell LineImmunity, InnateMutationRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural ProteinsVirus ReplicationCodon, TerminatorRNA, Small InterferingRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural Proteins

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PMID42308287
PMCPMC13274604

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