Similarities in SLITRK Gene Mutations and the Development of Neurological Disorders

The SLITRK genes code for transmembrane proteins that modulate neurite outgrowth. Mutations in these genes cause a variety of neurological disorders. To better understand the different expressions of the SLITRK genes and the similarities that link each gene together, six differences in the gene mutations are compared using multiple phylogenetic optimality criteria in two taxa (Homo sapiens and Rattus norvegicus). This project analyzes the link between each of the different SLITRK gene mutations and the devolvement of neurological disorders. Finding a link between the different gene mutations can help to better understand the mutations and assist in the development of future treatments

Genome Sequence and Annotation of the B3 Mycobacteriophage Phayeta

Mycobacteriophage Phayeta was extracted from soil near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina using Mycobacterium smegmatis as a host. Annotation of the 68,700 base-pair circularly permuted genome identified 104 predicted protein-encoding genes, 34 of which have functional assignments. This article was published Open Access through the CCU Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund. The article was first published in Microbiology Resource Announcements: https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00915-2