A bacterium that can read man-made DNA – The Economist
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A bacterium that can read man-made DNA
The Economist Each unnatural amino acid to be inserted is represented by a novel codon that includes one of the team's synthetic bases. In other words, their bacterium can quite happily read an entirely new, human-created extension to the standard genetic code, and … Cells with DNA made in lab lead to 'Holy Grail' of synthetic biology DNA 2.0: Partly synthetic bacteria contain never-seen-before genetic 'letters' Scientists train bacteria to build unnatural proteins |
