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. 2012 Aug 8;7(8):e42465. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042465

Table 2. Vigenère polyalphabetic substitution.

Msg Ascii Pwd Ascii Msg+Pwd → Mod 64 → +32 Enc Enc-Pwd → Mod 64 → +32 Msg
A 65 S 83 148 20 52 4 −31 33 65 A
E 69 e 101 170 42 74 J −27 37 69 E
Q 81 c 99 180 52 84 T −15 49 81 Q
U 85 r 114 199 7 39 −75 53 85 U
O 79 e 101 180 52 84 T −17 47 79 O
R 82 t 116 198 6 38 & −78 50 82 R
E 69 S 83 152 24 56 8 −27 37 69 E
A 65 e 101 166 38 70 F −31 33 65 A
32 c 99 131 3 35 # −64 0 32
V 86 r 114 200 8 40 ( −74 54 86 V
I 73 e 101 174 46 78 N −23 41 73 I
C 67 t 116 183 55 87 W −29 35 67 C
T 84 S 83 167 39 71 G −12 52 84 T
O 79 e 101 180 52 84 T −17 47 79 O
R 82 c 99 181 53 85 U −14 50 82 R
I 73 r 114 187 59 91 [ −23 41 73 I
A 65 e 101 166 38 70 F −31 33 65 A
. 46 t 116 162 34 66 B −50 14 46 .

Polyalphabetic substitution cypher of the plain message (Msg) “AEQUOREA VICTORIA.” with the key password (Pwd) “Secret” leading to the encrypted text (Enc) “4JT′T&8F#(NWGTU[FB” as found in GFP [enc], one of the constructs analyzed in Fig. 2C.