title: Opportunities at the interface of chemistry and biology.
abstract: The combination of the tools and principles of chemistry, together with the tools of modern molecular biology, allow us to create complex synthetic and natural molecules, and processes with novel biological, chemical and physical properties. This article illustrates the tremendous opportunity that lies at this interface of chemistry and biology by describing a number of examples, ranging from efforts to expand the genetic code of living organisms to the use of combinatorial methods to generate biologically active synthetic molecules.
authors.affiliation: The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. andym@scripps.edu
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Schultz
mesh_terms: D017151:Antibodies, Catalytic; D001695:Biology / Q000639:trends; D002621:Chemistry / Q000639:trends; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D015336:Molecular Probe Techniques
chemical_list: D017151:Antibodies, Catalytic