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Genomic Recoding Broadly Obstructs the Propagation of Horizontally Transferred Genetic Elements.
Cell systems - 1 Aug 2016
Ma Natalie Jing, Isaacs Farren J
Abstract excerpt
Horizontally transferred genetic elements such as viruses and conjugative plasmids move DNA between organisms, increasing genetic diversity but destabilizing engineered biological systems. Here, we used a genomically recoded Escherichia coli strain lacking UAG stop codons and the recognition protein release factor 1 to study how an alternative genetic code influences horizontally transferred genetic element...
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