Expansion of the genetic code: Site-directed p-fluoro-phenylalanine incorporation in Escherichia coli

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 419-426

  Furter, Rolf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Bank Vontobel AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

19F NMR; Heterologous aminoacyl tRNA synthetase expression; S. cerevisiae; Suppressor tRNA; Unnatural amino acid mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

4 FLUOROPHENYLALANINE; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031937870     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070223     Document Type: Article

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