Natural expansion of the genetic code

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-35

  Ambrogelly, Alexandre ^a   Palioura, Sotiria ^a   Söll, Dieter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PYRROLYSINE; SELENOCYSTEINE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANTICODON; CANDIDA; CELL LINEAGE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 33845796004     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio847     Document Type: Review

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