This is a summary of: Liu. H. et al. Viral RNA blocks circularization to evade host codon usage control. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09809-y (2025).

By combining Transformer-based sequence modeling with a novel conditional probability strategy, the approach overcomes ...

The code of life is simple. Four genetic letters arranged in triplets—called codons—encode amino acids. These are the building blocks of proteins, the machinery that powers life. But the genetic code ...

A virus relies on the host's translation machinery to replicate itself and become infectious. Translation efficiency ...