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Tyrosine sulfate trapped by amber

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Figure 1: Selecting an aminoacyl-tRNA-synthetase (aaRS) that charges amber suppressing tRNA with sulfotyrosine.

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Choe, H., Farzan, M. Tyrosine sulfate trapped by amber. Nat Biotechnol 24, 1361–1362 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1106-1361

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