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Published online 24 May 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020520-8
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New word in life's lexicon
Researchers find 22nd amino acid in a microbe.
There's a new word to life's vocabulary. DNA letters can be rearranged to spell out a 22nd amino acid, researchers have discovered.
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