Building Platforms to Genetically Encode New Chemistry

Thesis advisor: Abhishek Chatterjee === Abstract Unnatural amino acid (UAA) incorporation is a powerful tool used by biochemists to discover the nature of protein structure and function. The evolution of orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS)/tRNA pairs enables site-specific incorporation of U...

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Main Author: Johnson, Alexander M.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107292