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Adding new meanings to the genetic code

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Two new approaches offer the means to expand the repertoire of amino acids available for protein engineering.

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Figure 1: Scheme for the in vivo site-specific incorporation of O-methyl-l-tyrosine (OmTyr).

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  1. Nina Mejhede is a research associate, Peter E. Nielsen is a professor, and Michael Ibba is an associate research professor at the Center for Biomolecular Recognition, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark

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