Non-canonical amino acids in protein engineering

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 603-609

  Link, A James ^a   Mock, Marissa L ^a   Tirrell, David A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CODON; CROSS LINKING; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; STOP CODON;

EID: 0345549549     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2003.10.011     Document Type: Review

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