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Was the universal common ancestry proved?

Chasing the ubiquitous RET proto-oncogene in South African MEN2 families--implications for the surgeon.

Optimization of speed and accuracy of decoding in translation.

Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein repair as a therapeutic strategy in cystic fibrosis.

Association of KRAS p.G13D mutation with outcome in patients with chemotherapy-refractory metastatic colorectal cancer treated with cetuximab.

Dom34:Hbs1 promotes subunit dissociation and peptidyl-tRNA drop-off to initiate no-go decay.

The complete mitochondrial genome of the cockroach Eupolyphaga sinensis (Blattaria: Polyphagidae) and the phylogenetic relationships within the Dictyoptera.

The joint effect of hOGG1 single nucleotide polymorphism and smoking habit on lung cancer in Taiwan.

Evolution in regulatory regions rapidly compensates the cost of nonoptimal codon usage.

Follow the leader: preference for specific amino acids directly following the initial methionine in proteins of different organisms.

Mastocytosis - an update.

Phylogenetic multi-locus codon models and molecular clocks reveal the monophyly of haematophagous reduviid bugs and their evolution at the formation of South America.

On nucleotide solvent accessibility in RNA structure.

Quadruplet codons: one small step for a ribosome, one giant leap for proteins: an expanded genetic code could address fundamental questions about algorithmic information, biological function, and the origins of life.

Could protein tertiary structure influence mammary transgene expression more than tissue specific codon usage?

The codon specificity of eubacterial release factors is determined by the sequence and size of the recognition loop.

The combination of ERCC1 and XRCC1 gene polymorphisms better predicts clinical outcome to oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Accelerated evolution of Fetuin-A (FETUA, also AHSG) is driven by positive Darwinian selection, not GC-biased gene conversion.

Latitude may modify the effect of TP53 codon 72 polymorphism on cancer risk.

HIV-1 protease codon 36 polymorphisms and differential development of resistance to nelfinavir, lopinavir, and atazanavir in different HIV-1 subtypes.