New tag could enable more detailed structural studies of mammalian proteins

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 16:35 in Biology & Nature

By effectively expanding the genetic code, new research reveals a method that could theoretically be adapted to place a fluorescent probe at any position in any protein in a mammalian cell. The new technology could enable single-molecule fluorescent studies in live cells.

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