Residue-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids into proteins in vitro and in vivo

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 978, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-114

  Singh Blom, Amrita ^a   Hughes, Randall A ^a   Ellington, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid analogs; Cell free synthesis; Genetic code evolution; In vitro transcription and translation; Noncanonical amino acids; Tryptophan analogs; Unnatural amino acids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934443899     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-293-3_7     Document Type: Article

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