Rapid and inexpensive evaluation of nonstandard amino acid incorporation in Escherichia coli

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 45-54

  Monk, Jordan W ^a   Leonard, Sean P ^a   Brown, Colin W ^a   Hammerling, Michael J ^a   Mortensen, Catherine ^a   Gutierrez, Alejandro E ^a   Shin, Nathan Y ^a   Watkins, Ella ^a   Mishler, Dennis M ^a   Barrick, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amber suppressor tRNA; Expanded genetic code; Noncanonical amino acid; Nsaa measurement kit; Unnatural amino acid

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING FRAME; STOP CODON; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 85013083067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00192     Document Type: Article

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