Expanded blueprint: Genetic incorporation of two different noncanonic amino acids into one protein

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 13:09 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- The genetic code includes information for only 20 amino acids (AAs). If this repertoire could be expanded, it would, for example, be possible to program bacteria to produce tailored proteins with various characteristics of interest to science, technology, or medicine.

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