Journal of Cell Signaling
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Research Assistant, George Washington University, Washington, United States

Biography

I'm Tyson Dawson. I’m a Ph.D. Student at the George Washington University studying Genomics and Bioinformatics from Arizona and I use RNA-Seq data to explore the role of human endogenous retroviruses in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. I’m a Ph.D. Student at the George Washington University studying Genomics and Bioinformatics from Arizona and I use RNA-Seq data to explore the role of human endogenous retroviruses in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Publications

• Short Communication   
  Understanding the genetics of COVID-19
  Author(s): Tyson Dawson*
  
  The genome of SARS-CoV-2 is composed of a single strand of RNA with a positive strand (ready for translation and consequent synthesis of its proteins). The genome is considered large, with 29,903 base pairs. There are at least 50 different sites where translation can begin (open reading frames – ORFs). These ORFs are each of the RNA sequences understood to include a start codon (AUG), a stop codon (UAG, UAA, or UGA), and the codons between them. This variable origin of transcription sequences allows the SARS-CoV-2 virus to encode for around 50 proteins that have non-structural, structural, and accessory functions... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2576-1471.21.6.240

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