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Genomically Recoded Organisms Expand Biological Functions
Lajoie MJ, Rovner AJ, Goodman DB, Aerni HR, Haimovich AD, Kuznetsov G, Mercer JA, Wang HH, Carr PA, Mosberg JA, Rohland N, Schultz PG, Jacobson JM, Rinehart J, Church GM, Isaacs FJ. Genomically Recoded Organisms Expand Biological Functions. Science 2013, 342: 357-360. PMID: 24136966, PMCID: PMC4924538, DOI: 10.1126/science.1241459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew genetic codesRelease factor 1UAG stop codonNonstandard amino acidsEscherichia coli MG1655UAA codonGenetic codeColi MG1655Biological functionsStop codonChemical diversityT7 bacteriophageAmino acidsFactor 1CodonMG1655OrganismsProteinDiversityDeletionBacteriophagesViral resistanceTranslation functionGROVivo
2023
Mapping the in vivo fitness landscape of a tethered ribosome
Radford F, Rinehart J, Isaacs F. Mapping the in vivo fitness landscape of a tethered ribosome. Science Advances 2023, 9: eade8934. PMID: 37115918, PMCID: PMC10146877, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade8934.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeptidyl transfer centerEpistatic interactionsFitness landscapeMacromolecular machinesLaboratory evolutionRibosome functionDeleterious mutationsVivo fitness landscapeComplete mutagenesisLethal mutationsGenetic elementsRibosomesProtein synthesisDominant lethal mutationsMost nucleotidesMutationsSequence spaceNucleotidesNext-generation biomaterialsLandscapeMutagenesisOrganismsSequenceInteractionDeeper understanding