Cell-free co-production of an orthogonal transfer RNA activates efficient site-specific non-natural amino acid incorporation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5949-5963

  Albayrak, Cem ^a,b   Swartz, James R ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AZIDO PHENYLALANINE; 4 PROPARGYLOXY PHENYLALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NON NATURAL AMINO ACID; RIBOZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL FREE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACIDS; AZIDES; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PHENYLALANINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84878892281     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt226     Document Type: Article

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