title: Expanding the genetic code of an animal.
abstract: Genetic code expansion, for the site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids into proteins, is currently limited to cultured cells and unicellular organisms. Here we expand the genetic code of a multicellular animal, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Greiss
authors.forename: Jason W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chin
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005815:Genetic Code
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial