Expanding the Genetic Code of an Animal

Sebastian Greiss, Jason W. Chin

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2011 · 252 citations · 58 references

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Abstract

Genetic code expansion, for the site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids into proteins, is currently limited to cultured cells and unicellular organisms. Here we expand the genetic code of a multicellular animal, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

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