Improved amber and opal suppressor tRNAs for incorporation of unnatural amino acids in vivo. Part 1: Minimizing misacylation

RNA

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1703-1714

  Rodriguez, Erik A ^a   Lester, Henry A ^b   Dougherty, Dennis A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frameshift suppression; Nonsense suppression; Opal suppressor tRNA; tRNA; Unnatural amino acid incorporation

Indexed keywords

AMBER SUPPRESSOR TRANSFER RNA; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; OPAL SUPPRESSOR TRANSFER RNA; THG73 PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINOACYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; AMINOACYLATION; ANIMALS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; RNA, TRANSFER; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 34748904276     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.666807     Document Type: Article

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