Open AccessExpanding the Genetic Code of an Animal
Author(s) -
Sebastian Greiss,
Jason W. Chin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the american chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.115
H-Index - 612
eISSN - 1520-5126
pISSN - 0002-7863
DOI - 10.1021/ja2054034
Subject(s) - genetic code , multicellular organism , caenorhabditis elegans , chemistry , caenorhabditis , code (set theory) , computational biology , amino acid , biochemistry , gene , biology , programming language , set (abstract data type) , computer science
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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