Expanding the genetic code of an animal.

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.

SUBMITTER: Greiss S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3168933 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature