tRNA-mediated protein engineering

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-70

  Rothschild, Kenneth J ^a,b   Gite, Sadanand ^b,c  

^a Department of Physics ^*  (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSFER RNA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CODON; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0032935859     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)80012-3     Document Type: Article

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