Incorporation of non-natural amino acids into proteins

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 809-815

  Hohsaka, Takahiro ^a   Sisido, Masahiko ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINOACYLATION; ANTICODON; CODON; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ACYLATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; SYNTHESIS;

ACYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANTICODON; CODON; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 0036900746     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00376-9     Document Type: Review

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