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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.168 [SLACK_000382] · slack_pm:msg:01723

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I wonder if they encoded any secret messages in the synonymous codon usage?

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2020-09-14 23:41 Edward C. Holmes open

Fuck, that's cunning.
2020-09-14 23:41 Andrew Rambaut open

But forgot to put the RBD or furin site in.
2020-09-14 23:42 Edward C. Holmes open

It was a busy day - they had the lab to bleach.
2020-09-14 23:42 Kristian G. Andersen open

They put a restriction site INSIDE the furin site so they can follow the viruses over time - it's all very clever.
2020-09-14 23:43 Andrew Rambaut

I wonder if they encoded any secret messages in the synonymous codon usage?
2020-09-14 23:44 Andrew Rambaut open

"made in China"
2020-09-14 23:44 Kristian G. Andersen open

Ohhhh - maybe they put "Eddie Holmes" in there
2020-09-14 23:44 Kristian G. Andersen open

Now THAT"D be a smoking gun. Actually - we might want to scan to see if there's a "Made in USA" in there - that seems more likely.
2020-09-14 23:45 Edward C. Holmes open

Made in China would be perfect. Then they'd be moaning about all the cheap foreign imports.