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genetic code expansion: a standalone construct

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Synthetic biology

adding non-standard amino acids to proteins in living cells using an engineered tRNA and synthetase pair that reads a reassigned codon.

In synthetic biology, genetic code expansion refers to adding non-standard amino acids to proteins in living cells using an engineered tRNA and synthetase pair that reads a reassigned codon. This meaning comes from Wang (2001) in Science.[1]

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References

Wang, L., Brock, A., Herberich, B., & Schultz, P. G. (2001). Expanding the Genetic Code of Escherichia coli. Science, 292(5516), 498-500. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1060077

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