[Dual genetic encoding of acetyl-lysine and non-deacetylatablethioacetyl-lysine mediated by flexizyme].
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SUBMITTER: Xiong H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4909261 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
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[Dual genetic encoding of acetyl-lysine and non-deacetylatablethioacetyl-lysine mediated by flexizyme].
Xiong Hai H Reynolds Noah M NM Fan Chenguang C Englert Markus M Hoyer Denton D Miller Scott J SJ Söll Dieter D
Angewandte Chemie (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20160223 12
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