B. Futcher

Gene recoding by synonymous mutations creates promiscuous intragenic transcription initiation in mycobacteria

B. Ueberheide, S. Muller, Alisa Yurovsky, 2023, bioRxiv.

Enrichment of rare codons at 5' ends of genes is a spandrel caused by evolutionary sequence turnover and does not improve translation

Alisa Yurovsky, Richard Sejour, B. Futcher, 2024, eLife.