Construction of an Escherichia coli genome with fewer codons sets records

Blount, Benjamin A.; Ellis, Tom

Abstract

© 2019, Nature. The biggest synthetic genome so far has been made, with a smaller set of amino-acid-encoding codons than usual — raising the prospect of encoding proteins that contain unnatural amino-acid residues.

Citation

Blount, B. A., & Ellis, T. (2019). Construction of an Escherichia coli genome with fewer codons sets records. Nature, 569(7757), 492-494. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01584-x

• Journal Article Type: Commentary
• Acceptance Date: May 8, 2019
• Online Publication Date: May 16, 2019
• Publication Date: May 23, 2019
• Deposit Date: Aug 3, 2022
• Journal: Nature
• Print ISSN: 0028-0836
• Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 569
• Issue: 7757
• Pages: 492-494
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01584-x
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4183533
• Publisher URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01584-x