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Ribozyme programming extends the protein code

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Programmable ribozymes that can attach non-natural amino acids to specific tRNAs may expand the range of amino acids available for protein engineering.

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Figure 1: Aminoacylation of tRNAs with ribozymes bearing anti-anticodons.

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    Koji Tamura

  2. a professor, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Beckman Center, BCC379, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, 92037, CA

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